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Malachi 2:9 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Malachi 2:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Malachi chapter 2 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. have been: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces”
Malachi 2:9 (KJV)
Commentary on Malachi 2:9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. God's judgment matches the crime. I also made you contemptible and base (וְגַם־אֲנִי נָתַתִּי אֶתְכֶם נִבְזִים וּשְׁפָלִים, vegam-ani natatti etkhem nivzim ushfelim)—נִבְזֶה (nivzeh, contemptible/despised) and שָׁפָל (shafel, base/lowly) describe public humiliation. The priests who despised God's name (1:6) are themselves despised. Before all the people (לְכָל־הָעָם, lekhol-ha'am)—their shame is public, not private.The reason: according as ye have...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Malachi 2:9
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“you shall bring to me”
“the God of Israel”
“but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these”
“it makes no difference to me; God doesn't show partiality to man)--they”
“says Yahweh of Armies.,But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts., וְאַתֶּם סַרְתֶּם מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ הִכְשַׁלְתֶּם רַבִּים בַּתּוֹרָה שִׁחַתֶּם בְּרִית הַלֵּוִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת׃ ,But ye are turned aside out of the way; Ye have caused many to stumble in the law; Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Saith the LORD of hosts.,ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐξεκλίνατε ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ πολλοὺς ἠσθενήσατε ἐν νόμῳ διεφθείρατε τὴν διαθήκην τοῦ λευι λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ,But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in following the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.,,,,”
“Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
“desiring to justify himself”
“when the wall is fallen”