Malachi 2:4, Malachi 2:6 NIV

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 2:4

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you ,.... See Gill on Malachi 2:1 , that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts ; not that the ceremonial law might be confirmed and established, on which the Levitical priesthood was founded; for it was the will of God that that should be abolished, because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it; but that the covenant of grace made with Christ, the antitype of Levi, with whom the true Urim and Thummim are, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:4

This commandment - That in the first verse; to drive such priests from his presence and his service. That my covenant might be with Levi - I gave the priesthood and the service of my altar to that tribe. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:4

Verse 4 Here he addresses in particular the priests; for though the whole people with great haughtiness resisted God, yet the priests surpassed them. And we know how ready men are to turn to evil whatever benefits God may bestow on them. It has been then a common evil in men from the beginning of the world, to exalt themselves and to raise their crests against God, when they found themselves adorned with his benefits: but we know that the more any one is bound to God the more thankful he ought... 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 2:4

Ye shall know. My threats are not vain; this ye shall experience and be forced to acknowledge. This commandment is the purpose and threat, as in Malachi 2:1 (where see note). That my covenant might be with Levi ; i.e. that my covenant with Levi might remain firm. The covenant with Levi was the election of that tribe to be the ministers of the sanctuary. There is here a special allusion to the blessing pronounced on Phinehas for his conduct in the matter of Zimri ( Numbers 25:12 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4

Judgments recalling covenant obligations. Malachi 2:8 gives the great feature of God's judgment, first as a fact, and then by a figure. The Levites might shirk their temple duties, and go off to their fields; but God's hand would be upon them there; he would "corrupt" the seed they sowed, so that their harvest Would be a failure. And so they would stand before the people impoverished, disgraced, and contemptible; with the stamp of failure on everything they touched. A recent account of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4-9

The minister of Divine truth, "My covenant was with him of life and peace," etc. We have here the minister of Divine truth as he always should be, and as he often is— I. THE MINISTER OF DIVINE TRUTH AS HE ALWAYS SHOULD BE . We learn: 1 . That he should be a man divinely called. "Ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts." What was the Divine commission to the priesthood? Here it is:... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:4

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you: - this, which He had just uttered. They who believe not God when threatening, know that He is in earnest and not to be trifled with, through His punishing. “That My covenant might be with Levi.” God willed to punish those who at that time rebelled against Him, that He might spare those who should come after them. He chastened the fathers, who showed their contempt toward Him, that their sons, taking warning thereby, might not be cut... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 2:1-4

Malachi 2:1-4. O ye priests, this commandment is for you Or decree, rather, for properly speaking no commandment is here given to the priests, only punishment is denounced upon them if they did not repent. If ye will not hear, &c., to give glory unto my name Which you have despised and dishonoured, by your irreverent performance of my service, Malachi 1:6. I will send a curse upon you I will send poverty and affliction upon you, and you shall not prosper in any thing. And I will... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 2:4-9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 2:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 2:1-4

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