Malachi 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? ”

Malachi 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Have we not all one Father? - o Hath not one God created us? - Malachi turns abruptly to another offence, in which also the priests set an evil example, the capricious dismissal of their He...
Malachi 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Have we not all one (n) father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of (o) our fathers? (n) The Prophet accuses the ing...
Malachi 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:16 . Israel's Disregard of this Love. This section falls into two parts, one dealing with the priesthood ( Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9 ), the other with the people ( Ma...
Malachi 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Have we not all. created us? . [Ye say] Have we not, &c. as in Malachi 2:14 Figure of speech Paroemia . See John 8:33 Joh 39:41 &c. GOD. Hebrew. El . treacherously : or, faithless...
Malachi 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet accuses the Jews here of another crime — that they were perfidious towards God and their own brethren, and departed from that pre-eminence into which God had raised them, when they...
Malachi 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Have we not all one Father? - From this...
Malachi 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Have we not all one Father? &c.— Here a new section begins, wherein the prophet severely reproves the people for marrying strange wives, which was much practised in Ezra's and Nehemiah's time,...
Malachi 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Have we not all one father? hath...
Malachi 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 The Degeneracy of the Priesthood 1. A reminder to the priests that they are to blame for the laxity denounced in Malachi 1:13 ; Malachi 1:14 . They are responsible for the offering of fit vic...
Malachi 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

One father — i.e., not Adam, Abraham, or Jacob (as various commentators have held), but God Himself ( Malachi 1:6 ; Deuteronomy 32:6 ; Deuteronomy 32:18 ), who is the spiritual Father of the na...
Malachi 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Malachi 2:1-17 ; Malachi 3:1-18 ; Malachi 4:1-6 PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW "MALACHI" 1-4 BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many thi...
Malachi 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Transgression of the Covenant Malachi 2:1-17 As a contrast to the disgraceful attitude which the prophet had described as characteristic of the priesthood, he paints the picture of the nobl...
Malachi 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In dealing with the priests, he declared their corruption, and indicated the line of their punishment. He charged them with profanity, in that they had despised the name of Jehovah; with sacrilege, i...
Malachi 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet is commissioned again in these verses, to follow up his former reproofs. The low and impoverished state of the Church, in the ordinances, which rightly used to lead to Christ, are real bl...
Malachi 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Have we not all one father ?.... Whether this is understood of Adam the first man, of whose blood all nations of the earth are made, and who in the same sense is the father of all living, as Eve was...
Malachi 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Ver. 10. Have we not all one father?...
Malachi 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Have we not all one father? Here a new section begins, wherein the prophet severely censures the intermarriages of Israelites with women of another country, which Moses had forbidden, Deuteronomy...
Malachi 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Unlawful Marriages; Breach of the Marriage-covenant; Charge of Corrupt Principles. B. C. 400. ...
Malachi 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Have we, we Jews, not all one father? either Abraham, or Jacob, (not Adam here intended,) with whom God made the covenant by which the posterity was made a peculiar people, separated from other n...
Malachi 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Cause Against His People As A Whole Because They Have Married Foreign Syncretistic Wives ( Malachi 2:10-12 ). It should be noted here that Malachi now once again brings not only the priests...
Malachi 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 2:10 .] A fresh section, “the condemnation of marriages with heathen women ( Malachi 2:10-12 ), and of the frivolous dissolution of marriages with Israelitish women, which...
Malachi 2:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Have we not all one Compare ( Acts 17:24-29 ). In both instances the reference is to creation, not the new birth.
Malachi 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Malachi 2:1 . Oh ye priests if ye will not hear the Lord will send a curse upon you. Sins in the sanctuary are always put among the most grievous sins. Eli's sons lost the ark, the Hebrew priests...
Malachi 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

That My covenant might be with Levi. The minister of Divine truth I. As he always should be. 1. A man divinely called. 2. A man of profound reverence. 3. A man of moral truthfulness....
Malachi 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Malachi 2:1-39 § 4. For these derelictions of duty the priests are threatened with punishment. Malachi 2:1 This commandment . The threat or announcement is called a comm...
Malachi 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? These questions, with the statement they contain, the prophet places at the head of his discussion, to remind the Jews that they were still, i...
Malachi 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:6-8 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 ; Acts 17:25 ; Acts 7:2 ; Acts 7:26 ; Ephesians 4:25 ; Ephesians 4:6 ; Exodus 34:10-16 ; Ezekiel 33:24 ; Ezra 10:2 ; Ezra 10:...
Malachi 2:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Vital Questions Malachi 1:1-14 ; Malachi 2:1-17 ; Malachi 3:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response, instead of a direct answer, the chosen p...
Malachi 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

One father — Abraham, or Jacob, with whom God made the covenant by which their posterity were made a peculiar people. Created us — The prophet speaks of that great and gracious work of God, creatin...

Malachi 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Malachi 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Malachi 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Malachi 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Malachi 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Malachi 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Malachi 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Malachi 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Malachi 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Malachi 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Malachi 2:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Malachi 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes