Malachi 2:1

"Malachi."

Key Reflection

The book of Malachi, beginning with its first verse, addresses issues of moral and religious decline within Israel, emphasizing the importance of maintaining covenant faithfulness. In particular, chapters like 2 contrast the priests' supposed piety with their actual moral failures, highlighting the necessity of both outward ritual and genuine devotion to God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And now this is My commandment unto you -, not a commandment, which He gave them, but a commandment in regard to them. As God said of old, upon obedience , “I will command My blessing unto you,” so now He would command what should reach them, but a curse. “He returns from the people to the priests, as the fountain of the evil, whose carelessness about things sacred he had rebuked before.

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