Malachi 2:3

"If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says the LORD of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart."

Key Reflection

This passage emphasizes that true reverence for God's name requires more than mere lip service; one must genuinely heed and internalize his commands. Failure to do so will result in divine disfavor, even if cursings have already been pronounced upon those who remain unresponsive.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Lo, I will rebuke the seed for your sake -o, i. e., that it should not grow. He who worketh by His sustaining will all the operations of nature, would at His will withhold them. Neither priests nor Levites cultivated the soil; yet, since the tithes were assigned to them, the diminution of the harvest affected them. The meal-offering too was a requisite part of the sacrifice. (See alsoJoel 1:13;Joel 2:14.) And spread dung upon your phaces, the dungoof your solemn feasts -, or, “of your sacrifices.” It was by the law carried without the camp and burned with the animal itself.

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