O panorama
Malaquias 2 abre com “And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.”, muda perto do versículo 9 com “Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as…” e termina com “Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When…”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
A Escritura ao lado do resumo
Malaquias · Versão King James · 17Malaquias 2:1-6
Versículos 1–6: Now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Malaquias 2:1–6 abre com “And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.” e chega a “The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Ouça como Malaquias nomeia idolatria, injustiça, falsa segurança e as consequências que delas resultam.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem commandment, priests. A relação com os versículos 2 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem curse, heart, already. A relação com os versículos 1 e 3 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall…” A ordem não pode ser entendida apenas pelo verbo. O destinatário, o propósito e seu lugar na aliança ou argumento definem a responsabilidade.
Malaquias 2:1-6
Versão King James1And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Malaquias 2:7-12
Versículos 7–12: For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the…
Malaquias 2:7–12 abre com “For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he…” e chega a “The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Ouça como Malaquias nomeia idolatria, injustiça, falsa segurança e as consequências que delas resultam.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 1 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the…” Esta linha fornece uma razão, resultado ou conclusão. Ela deve permanecer ligada à afirmação ou ação que lhe dá sentido.
“But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi…” A linguagem de promessa, bênção ou aliança precisa de seu destinatário e alcance. Esses detalhes impedem que uma palavra pessoal da história seja separada do contexto.
Malaquias 2:7-12
Versão King James7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8But 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.
9Therefore 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.
10Have 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?
11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12The 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.
Malaquias 2:13-17
Versículos 13–17: This have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with…
Malaquias 2:13–17 abre com “And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with…” e chega a “Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve Ouça como Malaquias nomeia idolatria, injustiça, falsa segurança e as consequências que delas resultam.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
Este bloco contém 3 perguntas. Elas não são simples pontuação: mostram onde uma voz procura, desafia, teme ou tenta compreender.
“And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch…” Os termos próprios desta linha incluem altar, covering, crying. A relação com os versículos 14 permite verificar sua função na passagem.
“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou…” A pergunta desacelera a passagem. Observe quem precisa responder, o que ela pressupõe e se as linhas seguintes apresentam uma resposta.
Malaquias 2:13-17
Versão King James13And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16For the LORD , the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD , and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Malachi 2:1 começa com “And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.”
Onde o capítulo muda
Malachi 2:9 forma uma mudança natural: “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.”
A nota final
Malachi 2:17 deixa o leitor com “Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD…”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras LORD, hosts, covenant, treacherously, deal, spirit ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
As notas interpretativas comparativas deste capítulo estão em preparação. Até que as notas revisadas estejam prontas, esta página separa o texto KJV do resumo e da aplicação sem afirmar que leitores responsáveis concordam em todas as questões.