Malachi 2:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Made

Micah 3:6

Before

But

Have been partial in

Deuteronomy 1:17

General references

Deuteronomy 27:14

Job 13:8

Ezekiel 44:23

Bible References

Made

“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.

“Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel:

‘Although I said
your family and your ancestral house
would walk before Me forever,
the Lord now says, “No longer!”
I will honor those who honor Me,
but those who despise Me will be disgraced.

The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.

Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

Therefore, it will be night for you—
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.
The sun will set on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn black over them.

Before

But Micaiah said, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he said, “Listen, all you people!”

The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie.

Hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Now when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coat of whitewash that you put on it?’

You revoke God’s word by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other similar things.”

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

But

“You, on the other hand, have turned from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Hosts.

“You have heard that it was said to our ancestors, Do not murder,

and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?”

He said to him. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’

Disregarding the command of God, you keep the tradition of men.”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth

of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God.

These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

Have been partial in

Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.

General references

The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

Would you show partiality to Him
or argue the case in His defense?

They must teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.