Malachi 2:2 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:1-9

What was said in the foregoing chapter was directed to the priests (Mal. 1:6): Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests! that despise my name. But the crimes there charged upon them they were guilty of as sacrificers, and for those they might think it some excuse that they offered what the people brought, and therefore that, if they were not so good as they should be, it was not their fault, but the people?s; and therefore here the corruptions there complained of are traced to the source... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:2

If ye will not hear ,.... The commandment enjoined them; or the Gospel preached to them by Christ, and his apostles: and if ye will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts ; which they had despised and profaned before; if they did not take care of his worship and service, and honour the Messiah sent unto them, in whom the name of the Lord was: I will even send a curse upon you ; both upon priests and people; those that bring the bad offerings, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:2

If ye will not hear - What I have spoken, lay it to heart, and let it sink down into your souls. Give glory unto my name - That honor that is due to me as a Father, and that fear that belongs to me as a Master, Malachi 1:6 . I will even send a curse upon you - I will dispense no more good. I will curse your blessings - Even that which ye have already shall not profit you. When temporal blessings are not the means of leading us to God and heaven, they will infallibly lead us to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:2

Verse 2 He then adds, If ye will not hear nor lay it to heart to give glory to my name, etc. He seems here to threaten the priests alone; and yet if any one carefully considers the whole passage, he will easily perceive that this address extends to the whole people, in such a way however that it is in the first place directed to the priests; for as I have said the greater portion of the guilt belonged to them. God then denounces a heavy punishment on the whole people as well as on the priests,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:1-3

Spiritual reformation. "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you," etc. The grand subject we gather from these words is spiritual reformation. "Now, O ye priests." The priests are specially addressed and reproved, for they, whose mission it was to raise the people to true worship and to holiness, led them into sin. Notice— I. THE NATURE OF THE SPIRITUAL REFORMATION REQUIRED . "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my Name,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:1-4

§ 4. For these derelictions of duty the priests are threatened with punishment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:2

I will even send a curse; Revised Version, then will I send the curse. St. Jerome, regarding the temporal effect of the curse, translates, egestatem "scarcity" (comp. Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:15 , etc.). I will curse your blessings . The blessings which as priests they had to pronounce upon the people (Le 9:22, 23; Numbers 6:23-27 ). These God would not ratify, but would turn them into curses, and thus punish the people who connived at and imitated the iniquities of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:2

Our blessings cursed. The cursing of blessings is a "strange work" to the blessed God, "the Father of mercies," who rather delights to turn curses into blessings. We may note— I. THE CAUSES OF THIS CURSE . It may be traced to two things. 1 . A disregard of the great end of life, "to glorify God." The motto of every creature, and especially of every redeemed sinner, should be that of Ignatius Loyola in its best sense, "Ad majorem gloriam Dei." No grander object can be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:2

The cursing of our blessings. The direct address of this verse is to the priestly classy whose irreverence and indifference were so clearly shown in their offering the people's unworthy sacrifices, without attempting to reprove them, or endeavouring to awaken them to worthier and more spiritual views of sacrifice. When the ministry has become a fountain and a support of religious negligence and formality, the nation is placed in extreme peril, and severe providential dealings for the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:2

If ye will not lay to heart - , namely, the rebukes addressed to them, “to give glory to God.” For the glory of God is the end and aim of the priesthood. This should be the principle and rule of their whole life, “to the greater glory of God.” “I will send the curse upon you,” namely, that which He had threatened in the law upon disobedience; and will “curse your blessings,” will turn your blessings into a curse. He does not say, I will send you curses instead of blessings, but, I will make the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:2

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