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<a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/kjv/malachi/2.htm">King James Bible</a> The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. <a href="/nkjv/malachi/2.htm">New King James Version</a> May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob The man who does this, being awake and aware, Yet who brings an offering to the LORD of hosts! <a href="/nasb_/malachi/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As for the man who does this, may the LORD eliminate from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and answers, or who presents an offering to the LORD of armies. <a href="/nasb/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers, or who presents an offering to the LORD of hosts. <a href="/nasb77/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers, or who presents an offering to the LORD of hosts. <a href="/lsb/malachi/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As for the man who does this, may Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers or who presents an offering to Yahweh of hosts. <a href="/amp/malachi/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob to the last man those who do this [evil thing], awake and aware, even the one who brings an offering to the LORD of hosts. <a href="/csb/malachi/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, whoever he may be, even if he presents an offering to the LORD of Armies. <a href="/hcsb/malachi/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> To the man who does this, may the LORD cut off any descendants from the tents of Jacob, even if they present an offering to the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/asv/malachi/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts. <a href="/cev/malachi/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I pray that the LORD will no longer let those who are guilty belong to his people, even if they eagerly decide to offer the LORD a gift. <a href="/erv/malachi/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> The LORD will cut off to the man that doeth this him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. <a href="/gwt/malachi/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> May the LORD exclude anyone who does this, whoever he may be. May he exclude them from Jacob's tents and from bringing offerings to the LORD of Armies. <a href="/gnt/malachi/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> May the LORD remove from the community of Israel those who did this, and never again let them participate in the offerings our nation brings to the LORD Almighty. <a href="/isv/malachi/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> May the LORD exclude from the community of Jacob any man who does this, whoever he may be, even though he brings offerings to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. <a href="/msb/malachi/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware?even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/net/malachi/2.htm">NET Bible</a> May the LORD cut off from the community of Jacob every last person who does this, as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the LORD who rules over all! <a href="/nheb/malachi/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to the LORD of hosts. <a href="/wbt/malachi/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the LORD of hosts. <a href="/web/malachi/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/malachi/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> YHWH cuts off the man who does it, "" Tempter and tempted—from the tents of Jacob, "" Even he who is bringing a present near to YHWH of Hosts. <a href="/ylt/malachi/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted -- from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts. <a href="/slt/malachi/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah will cut off to the man which shall do it, him waking, and him answering from the tents of Jacob, and him bringing near a gift to Jehovah of armies.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/malachi/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Lord will cut off the man that hath done this, both the master, and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering to the Lord of hosts. <a href="/cpdv/malachi/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The Lord will drive away the man who has done this, both the teacher and the disciple, from the tabernacles of Jacob and from those offering a gift to the Lord of hosts. <a href="/nabre/malachi/2.htm">New American Bible</a> May the LORD cut off from the man who does this both witness and advocate from the tents of Jacob, and anyone to bring an offering to the LORD of hosts! <a href="/nrsvce/malachi/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob anyone who does this—any to witness or answer, or to bring an offering to the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/malachi/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The LORD will destroy the man who does this, and also his son and his son's son out of the tabernacle of Jacob; and he shall have none to present the offering to the LORD of hosts. <a href="/hpbt/malachi/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> LORD JEHOVAH shall destroy the man who will do this, and his son and the son of his son from the tents of Yaqob, and he shall have no one who brings an offering to LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/malachi/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> May the LORD cut off to the man that doeth this, Him that calleth and him that answereth out of the tents of Jacob, And him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. <a href="/sep/malachi/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The Lord will utterly destroy the man that does these things, until he be even cast down from out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and from among them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty. <a href="/parallel/malachi/2-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=347" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Judah's Unfaithfulness</a> …11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 12<a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: lā·’îš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">As for the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śen·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3fse) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">does this,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">may the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: yaḵ·rêṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: mê·’ā·ho·lê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">from the tents</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">of Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: ‘êr (N-ms) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">everyone who is awake</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: wə·‘ō·neh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To answer, respond.">and aware—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5066.htm" title="5066: ū·mag·gîš (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To draw near, approach. ">even if he brings</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥāh (N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">an offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> 13And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezra/9-2.htm">Ezra 9:2</a> Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” <a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23-27</a> In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ... <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a> Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a> King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... <a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11-13</a> But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. / What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? / God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.” <a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a> A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. <a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a> Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a> Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. <a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a> For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">1 Kings 11:9-11</a> Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. / Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. / Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. <a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">2 Kings 17:34-41</a> To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel. / For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them. / Instead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him. ... <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. <a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-6</a> Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” <a href="/mark/10-6.htm">Mark 10:6-9</a> However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ / ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The LORD will cut off the man that does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to the LORD of hosts.cut.<a href="/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29</a> For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.<a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3</a> And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.<a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Numbers 15:30,31</a> But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people… the master and the scholar.<a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8</a> And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.<a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Ezra 10:18,19</a> And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah… <a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm">Nehemiah 13:28,29</a> And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me… out.<a href="/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5</a> How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!<a href="/zechariah/12-7.htm">Zechariah 12:7</a> The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.and him.<a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Malachi 2:10</a> 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?<a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">Genesis 4:3-5</a> And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD… <a href="/1_samuel/3-14.htm">1 Samuel 3:14</a> And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-19.htm">Answers</a> <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-6.htm">Awakes</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-12.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Master</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-10.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-35.htm">Offereth</a> <a href="/malachi/1-13.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-4.htm">Offers</a> <a href="/micah/1-14.htm">Presents</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Root</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Scholar</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-19.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm">Tempter</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-19.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/psalms/78-65.htm">Wakes</a> <a href="/songs/5-2.htm">Waketh</a> <a href="/micah/1-2.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/2-16.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/mark/15-5.htm">Answers</a> <a href="/malachi/2-16.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Awakes</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/malachi/2-16.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Master</a> <a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Nigh</a> <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/john/16-2.htm">Offereth</a> <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/john/5-32.htm">Offers</a> <a href="/matthew/3-13.htm">Presents</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Root</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">Scholar</a> <a href="/matthew/17-4.htm">Tabernacles</a> <a href="/matthew/4-3.htm">Tempter</a> <a href="/matthew/17-4.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Wakes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-11.htm">Waketh</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 2</div>1. <a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;</a> 10. <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">and the people for marrying strange wives;</a> 13. <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">and for putting away their former ones,</a> 17. <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">and for infidelity.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/malachi/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>As for the man who does this This phrase refers to the individual who commits the sin of marrying foreign women who worship other gods, which was a violation of the covenant between God and Israel. This act is seen as a betrayal of the faith and a threat to the purity of worship among the Israelites. The context is the post-exilic period when the Israelites were re-establishing their identity and religious practices after returning from Babylonian captivity.may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob The "tents of Jacob" symbolize the community of Israel, descended from Jacob. To be "cut off" implies severe divine judgment, possibly exclusion from the community or even death. This reflects the seriousness of maintaining covenantal purity and the consequences of disobedience. The phrase echoes the covenantal curses found in Deuteronomy for those who break God's commandments.everyone who is awake and aware This phrase suggests a comprehensive judgment on those who knowingly commit the sin. It implies that those who are conscious and deliberate in their actions will not escape God's judgment. The emphasis on awareness indicates that ignorance is not an excuse, and those who are complicit or indifferent are also accountable.even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts This highlights the futility of religious rituals when one's heart and actions are not aligned with God's commands. The "LORD of Hosts" underscores God's sovereignty and power, reminding the Israelites that He is not appeased by mere offerings if there is underlying disobedience. This connects to the broader biblical theme that God desires obedience and righteousness over sacrifice, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> and <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-17</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is addressing the unfaithfulness of His people through the prophet Malachi. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_man_who_does_this.htm">The man who does this</a> Refers to those in Israel who are guilty of marrying foreign women and being unfaithful to the covenant. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_tents_of_jacob.htm">The tents of Jacob</a> Symbolic of the people of Israel, descendants of Jacob, representing the community of God's chosen people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> A title emphasizing God's sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies, underscoring His authority and power. 5. <a href="/topical/o/offerings_to_the_lord.htm">Offerings to the LORD</a> Refers to the sacrifices and offerings brought to the temple, which are rendered meaningless by the people's disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a> God values faithfulness to His covenant above ritualistic offerings. Our relationship with God should be marked by obedience and integrity. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God's commands can lead to severe consequences, including separation from the community of believers. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a> Believers are called to live holy lives, set apart for God, avoiding alliances that lead to spiritual compromise. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_accountability.htm">The Role of Community Accountability</a> The community of faith has a responsibility to uphold God's standards and encourage one another in righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_empty_worship.htm">The Futility of Empty Worship</a> Worship and offerings are meaningless if our hearts are not aligned with God's will. True worship involves both heart and action.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 2</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jerusalem's_'new_name'_reconciled.htm">How does the promise of a 'new name' for Jerusalem in Isaiah 62:2 reconcile with other biblical passages that describe unchanging divine names?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_change_his_decision_in_amos.htm">Amos 7:3, 6 - If God is 'unchanging,' why does He appear to change His decision in answer to Amos's plea?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_70_1's_urgency_conflict_with_god's_constancy.htm">Does the urgency implied in Psalm 70:1 conflict with the concept of an eternal, unchanging God?</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_luke_6_38_on_generosity.htm">What defines an earth angel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) The man.--Better, to the man.The master and the scholar.--This is the Talmudic interpretation of the Hebrew expression, which occurs only in this passage, but it is unsuitable (besides being philologically precarious), for the passage refers to the whole nation rather than to those who were their appointed scholars and teachers. It is better to render it, "watchman and answerer: i.e., the watchman who cried in the city, "Who comes there?" and him who answers, "Friend," which is an exhaustive expression for all living persons, and so, in this context, "all posterity." This is the interpretation of Gesenius, who quotes in support of it an Arabic expression from the life of Tim锟絩-lang (Timur the lame, Tamerlane):--"When he left the city, there was not a crier or an answerer in it"--i.e., there was not a person left alive. "Neither root nor branch" is another exhaustive term used by our prophet (<a href="/malachi/4-1.htm" title="For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, said the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.">Malachi 4:1</a>). The Chaldee paraphrase gives the sense of the words in "son and son's son."And him that offereth an offering . . .--Some refer this to the case in which the offender is a priest (<a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm" title="And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.">Nehemiah 13:28</a>); others understand it as "any one who might offer a sacrifice for him in expiation of his sin." But since the highest privilege of the Jew was to bring offerings to the Sanctuary, the words may be merely a repetition of the former expression in different terms, and mean "a descendant enjoying religious privileges." The intermarriage with heathens referred to here is that mentioned in <a href="/context/nehemiah/13-23.htm" title="In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:">Nehemiah 13:23-28</a>, not the earlier case recorded in Ezra 9, 10.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Will cut off. The Hebrew is an imprecation, "May the Lord cut off" (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2, 3</a>). It implies that the transgressor shall be deprived of his position as one of the covenant people, and shall leave no one to maintain his name and family. The man. Others render, "unto the man," making the following words the direct object of the verb. The master and the scholar; so the Vulgate, magistrum et discipulum; literally, the watcher and the answerer, i.e. the watchman and the inhabitants of the city; the LXX., reading somewhat differently, has, ἕως καὶ ταπεινωθῇ ἐκ σκηνωμάτων Ἰακώβ, "until he be brought low from the tents of Jacob," meaning, until he repent and return humbly to obedience. In this case the term "cut off" must be taken in some milder sense than "exterminate." The present text, however, seems to be a kind of alliterative proverbial saying to express totality, everybody; though whence it arose, and what is its exact signification, are matters of great uncertainty. Some take the phrase to mean," every waking and speaking person," i.e. every living soul. The English and Latin Versions proceed on the assumption (which Pusey denies) that the first verb can be taken actively, "he that awakeneth," the teacher being so called as stimulating the scholar, who is named "the answerer." The Targum and Syriac explain it by "son and son's son." Of the various suggestions offered, the most probable is that it is a military phrase derived from the challenge of the sentinels and the answer thereto, which in time came to de. note the whole inhabitants of a camp or city. The tabernacles. The dwellings. Or the word, as Dr. Cox supposes, may belong to the original saying, and have come down from the remote period when the Israelites lived in tents. And him that offereth an offering (michchah) unto the Lord of hosts. The same punishment shall fall on one who offers even an oblation of meal for men who are guilty of this sin. This sin would appertain specially to the priests. Or we may take the clause in a general sense. God will cut off every such transgressor, even if he try to propitiate the Lord by making an offering before trim (Ecclus. 35. [32] 12), "Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive: and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is Judge, and with him is no respect of persons." <a href="/commentaries/malachi/2-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>[As] for the man לָאִ֨ישׁ (lā·’îš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person who אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that does this, יַעֲשֶׂ֙נָּה֙ (ya·‘ă·śen·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make may the LORD יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel cut off יַכְרֵ֨ת (yaḵ·rêṯ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant from the tents מֵאָהֳלֵ֖י (mê·’ā·ho·lê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> A tent of Jacob יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc [everyone who is] awake עֵ֣ר (‘êr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> To rouse oneself, awake and aware— וְעֹנֶ֔ה (wə·‘ō·neh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond even if he brings וּמַגִּ֣ישׁ (ū·mag·gîš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5066.htm">Strong's 5066: </a> To draw near, approach an offering מִנְחָ֔ה (min·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering to the LORD לַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts. צְבָאֽוֹת׃ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 2:12 Yahweh will cut off to the man (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 2:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/2-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 2:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>