Malachi 2:5-9 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 2:5

My covenant was with him of life and peace ,.... Not with Aaron, nor with Phinehas; nor is it to be understood of a covenant, promising temporal life and outward prosperity to either of them; Aaron living a hundred and twenty three years, Numbers 33:39 and Phinehas, according to some Jewish writers, above three hundred years, which they gather from Judges 20:28 but of the covenant made with Christ from everlasting, called "a covenant of life", because it was made with Christ the Word of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:6

The law of truth was in his mouth ,.... The Gospel, the word and doctrine of truth; which comes from the God of truth; is concerning Christ the truth and men are guided into it by the Spirit of truth; it contains most glorious truths, and nothing but truth: and this was in the mouth of Christ, being put there by his Father, who gave him what he should say, and what he should speak; and which was preached by him in the most faithful manner, and so as it never was by any other, for which he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:7

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge ,.... Or "shall keep knowledge", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; or "do keep knowledge", as the Arabic version; and so the Syriac version, "for the lips of the priest drop knowledge"; all this is true of Christ our great High Priest; for as it was predicted of him, that his lips should keep knowledge, so they have kept it, and do keep it; not concealing it, but preserving it, and communicating it freely and openly; as he did to his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way ,.... Of truth and righteousness, of life and peace, of eternal salvation and happiness, pointed to by Christ and his forerunner, and by his apostles and ministers that followed him, and which was clearly showed in the preaching of the Gospel: this was the character of the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, in Christ's time, to which the prophet seems to have respect; who not only failed in their observance of legal sacrifices, complained of in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:9

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base ,.... When their city and temple were destroyed by the Romans, and they were carried captive by them, and became a taunt and a proverb in all places where they came: before all the people ; the nations of the world, among whom they were scattered: according as ye have not kept my ways ; neither those which the law directed to, either moral or ceremonial; nor what the Gospel directed to, the ordinances and institutions of Christ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:5

My covenant was with him of life and peace - These are the two grand blessings given to men by the New Covenant, which was shadowed by the Old. To man, excluded from the favor of God, and sentenced to death because of sin, God gave ברית berith , a covenant sacrifice, and this secured life - exemption from the death deserved by transgressors; communication of that inward spiritual life given by Christ, and issuing in that eternal life promised to all his faithful disciples. And, as it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:6

The law of truth was in his mouth - See the qualifications of Levi: "He feared me;" he was my sincere worshipper. "He was afraid;" he acted as in the presence of a just and holy God, and acted conscientiously in all that he did. "My law of truth was ever in his mouth;" by this he directed his own conduct and that of others. "No iniquity;" nothing contrary to justice and equity ever proceeded "from his lips." "He walked with me in peace;" he lived in such a way as to keep up union... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way - Ye are become impure yourselves, and ye have led others into iniquity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:9

Therefore have I also made you contemptible - The people despised you because they saw that you acted contrary to your functions. This has happened repeatedly since, to several classes of priests. Not maintaining, by purity of life and soundness of doctrine, the dignity of the ministerial function, they became contemptible before the people; their meager preaching was disregarded, and their persons at last cast out as a general loathing to the universe! See what happened to the truly... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 2:9

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