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Malachi 2:12 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.
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class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/malachi/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the LORD remove him from the tents of Jacob —even though he brings an offering to the LORD Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/malachi/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/malachi/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />May the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the LORD of hosts!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/malachi/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/malachi/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/malachi/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>As</i> for the man who does this, may the LORD eliminate from the tents of Jacob <i>everyone</i> who is awake and answers, or who presents an offering to the LORD of armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<i>As</i> for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob <i>everyone</i> who awakes and answers, or who presents an offering to the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/malachi/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>As</i> for the man who does this, may Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob <i>everyone</i> who awakes and answers or who presents an offering to Yahweh of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/malachi/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/malachi/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/malachi/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/malachi/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/malachi/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/malachi/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/malachi/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/malachi/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/malachi/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/malachi/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/malachi/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/malachi/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/malachi/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/malachi/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/malachi/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/malachi/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/malachi/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/malachi/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/malachi/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/malachi/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/malachi/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/malachi/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/malachi/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/malachi/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/malachi/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/malachi/2-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></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><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Judah's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Judah 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. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><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> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>And 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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/9-2.htm">Ezra 9:2</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23-27</a></span><br />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! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />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.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11-13</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">1 Kings 11:9-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-34.htm">2 Kings 17:34-41</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4-6</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-6.htm">Mark 10:6-9</a></span><br />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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">cut.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-29.htm">Leviticus 18:29</a></b></br> For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit <i>them</i> shall be cut off from among their people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Numbers 15:30,31</a></b></br> But the soul that doeth <i>ought</i> presumptuously, <i>whether he be</i> born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people… </p><p class="hdg">the master and the scholar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8</a></b></br> And they cast lots, ward against <i>ward</i>, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Ezra 10:18,19</a></b></br> And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: <i>namely</i>, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm">Nehemiah 13:28,29</a></b></br> And <i>one</i> of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, <i>was</i> son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me… </p><p class="hdg">out.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-5.htm">Numbers 24:5</a></b></br> How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, <i>and</i> thy tabernacles, O Israel!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/12-7.htm">Zechariah 12:7</a></b></br> 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 <i>themselves</i> against Judah.</p><p class="hdg">and him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Malachi 2:10</a></b></br> 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-3.htm">Genesis 4:3-5</a></b></br> And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/3-14.htm">1 Samuel 3:14</a></b></br> 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.</p><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 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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><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">and the people for marrying strange wives;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">and for putting away their former ones,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">and for infidelity.</a></span><br></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><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> 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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.<p><b>may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob</b><br>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.<p><b>everyone who is awake and aware</b><br>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.<p><b>even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts</b><br>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. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is addressing the unfaithfulness of His people through the prophet Malachi.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man_who_does_this.htm">The man who does this</a></b><br>Refers to those in Israel who are guilty of marrying foreign women and being unfaithful to the covenant.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tents_of_jacob.htm">The tents of Jacob</a></b><br>Symbolic of the people of Israel, descendants of Jacob, representing the community of God's chosen people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title emphasizing God's sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies, underscoring His authority and power.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/offerings_to_the_lord.htm">Offerings to the LORD</a></b><br>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><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God values faithfulness to His covenant above ritualistic offerings. Our relationship with God should be marked by obedience and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God's commands can lead to severe consequences, including separation from the community of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>Believers are called to live holy lives, set apart for God, avoiding alliances that lead to spiritual compromise.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_accountability.htm">The Role of Community Accountability</a></b><br>The community of faith has a responsibility to uphold God's standards and encourage one another in righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_empty_worship.htm">The Futility of Empty Worship</a></b><br>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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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) <span class= "bld">The man.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">to the man.</span><p><span class= "bld">The master and the scholar.</span>--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, "<span class= "ital">watchman and answerer: i.e.,</span> 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, <span class= "ital">Tamerlane</span>):--"When he left the city, there was not a <span class= "ital">crier or an answerer</span> in it"--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> 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."<p><span class= "bld">And him that offereth an offering . . .</span>--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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Will cut off.</span> 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. <span class="cmt_word">The man.</span> Others render, "unto the man," making the following words the direct object of the verb. <span class="cmt_word">The master and the scholar;</span> so the Vulgate, <span class="accented">magistrum et discipulum</span>; literally, <span class="accented">the watcher and the answerer, i.e.</span> the watchman and the inhabitants of the city; the LXX., reading somewhat differently, has, <span class="greek">ἕως καὶ ταπεινωθῇ</span> <span class="greek">ἐκ σκηνωμάτων Ἰακώβ</span>, "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," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> 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. <span class="cmt_word">The tabernacles</span>. 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. <span class="cmt_word">And him that offereth an offering</span> (<span class="accented">michchah</span>) <span class="cmt_word">unto the Lord of hosts.</span> 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." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/malachi/2-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[As] for the man</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאִ֨ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does this,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲשֶׂ֙נָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·śen·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">יַכְרֵ֨ת</span> <span class="translit">(yaḵ·rêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the tents</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאָהֳלֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ā·ho·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[everyone who is] awake</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rouse oneself, awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and aware—</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֹנֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ō·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even if he brings</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַגִּ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mag·gîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5066.htm">Strong's 5066: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an offering</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנְחָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(min·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽיהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts.</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָאֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/malachi/2-12.htm">Malachi 2:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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>