John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:3
Behold, I will corrupt your seed ,.... Or, "the seed for you" F18 לכם "propter vos", Munster, Drusius. ; that is, for your sake, as Kimchi and Ben Melech explain it; meaning the seed they cast into the earth, which the Lord threatens to corrupt and destroy; so that it should not spring up again, and bring forth any increase: or, "rebuke" F19 גער "increpabo", Tigurine version; "increpo", Drusius, Cocceius; "increpans", Burkius. it, as the word sometimes signifies; and so the... read more
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