New American Standard Bible 2020
Malachi 2:4-10
4Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, 1so that My 2covenant may 3continue with Levi,” says the Lord of armies. 5“My covenant with him was one of life and 4peace, and I gave them to him as an object of 5reverence; so he 67revered Me and was in awe of My name. 689True instruction was in his mouth and injustice was not found on his lips; he walked 10with Me in peace and justice, and he 11turned many back from wrongdoing. 7For the lips of a priest should maintain 12knowledge, and people should 13seek 14instruction from his mouth; for he is the 15messenger of the Lord of armies. 8But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to 16stumble 17by the instruction; you have 18ruined the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of armies. 9“So 19I also have made you despised and of 20low reputation 21in the view of all the people, since you are not keeping My ways but are showing 22partiality in the 23instruction.”
10Do we not all have 24one Father? 25Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal 26treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the 27covenant of our fathers?
Notes
- 1. Malachi 2:4 Or to be My covenant with ↩
- 2. Malachi 2:4 Num 3:11-13, 45; 18:21; Neh 13:29; Mal 3:1 ↩
- 3. Malachi 2:4 Lit be ↩
- 4. Malachi 2:5 Num 25:12 ↩
- 5. Malachi 2:5 Or fear ↩
- 6. Malachi 2:5 Or feared ↩
- 7. Malachi 2:5 Num 25:7, 8, 13 ↩
- 8. Malachi 2:6 Or Law of truth ↩
- 9. Malachi 2:6 Ps 119:142, 151, 160 ↩
- 10. Malachi 2:6 Deut 33:8, 9; Ps 37:37 ↩
- 11. Malachi 2:6 Jer 23:22 ↩
- 12. Malachi 2:7 Lev 10:11; Neh 8:7 ↩
- 13. Malachi 2:7 Num 27:21; Deut 17:8-11; Jer 18:18; Ezek 7:26 ↩
- 14. Malachi 2:7 Or the Law ↩
- 15. Malachi 2:7 Hag 1:13 ↩
- 16. Malachi 2:8 Jer 18:15 ↩
- 17. Malachi 2:8 Or in the Law ↩
- 18. Malachi 2:8 Num 25:12, 13; Neh 13:29; Ezek 44:10 ↩
- 19. Malachi 2:9 Nah 3:6 ↩
- 20. Malachi 2:9 Ezek 7:26 ↩
- 21. Malachi 2:9 Lit to ↩
- 22. Malachi 2:9 Deut 1:17; Mic 3:11 ↩
- 23. Malachi 2:9 Or law ↩
- 24. Malachi 2:10 Is 63:16; 64:8; Jer 31:9; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:6 ↩
- 25. Malachi 2:10 Acts 17:24f ↩
- 26. Malachi 2:10 Jer 9:4, 5 ↩
- 27. Malachi 2:10 Ex 19:4-6; 24:3, 7, 8 ↩
Commentaries on Malachi 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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