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Malachi 2

Mal. 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andm this have ye done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
again
sheniy (Hebrew #8145)
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
KJV usage: again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time).
Pronounce: shay-nee'
Origin: from 8138
, covering
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
with tears
dim`ah (Hebrew #1832)
weeping
KJV usage: tears.
Pronounce: dim-aw'
Origin: feminine of 1831
, with weeping
Bkiy (Hebrew #1065)
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
KJV usage: overflowing, X sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Pronounce: bek-ee'
Origin: from 1058
, and with crying out
'anaqah (Hebrew #603)
shrieking
KJV usage: crying out, groaning, sighing.
Pronounce: an-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 602
, insomuch that he regardeth
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
not the offering
minchah (Hebrew #4503)
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
KJV usage: gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Pronounce: min-khaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
any more, or receiveth
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
it with good will
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
at your hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Psa. 78:34‑37• 34When he slew them, then they enquired after him,{HR}And turned and sought God (El) eagerly.
 35And they remembered that God [was] their rock,{HR}And God Most High their redeemer.
 36And they flattered (enticed) him with their mouth,{HR}And lied to him with their tongue.
 37And their heart was not firm with him,{HR}Nor were they steadfast in his covenant. (Psa. 78:34‑37)

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Altar,
Offering; Offering Up

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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covering.
Deut. 15:9• 9Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee. (Deut. 15:9)
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1 Sam. 1:9‑10• 9And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk; (now Eli the priest sat upon the seat by the door-post of the temple of Jehovah;)
 10and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much. (1 Sam. 1:9‑10)
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2 Sam. 13:19‑20• 19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her vest of many colours which was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went away, crying out as she went.
 20And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, be still: he is thy brother; take not this thing to heart. And Tamar remained, and that desolate, in her brother Absalom's house. (2 Sam. 13:19‑20)
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Psa. 78:34‑37• 34When he slew them, then they enquired after him,{HR}And turned and sought God (El) eagerly.
 35And they remembered that God [was] their rock,{HR}And God Most High their redeemer.
 36And they flattered (enticed) him with their mouth,{HR}And lied to him with their tongue.
 37And their heart was not firm with him,{HR}Nor were they steadfast in his covenant. (Psa. 78:34‑37)
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Eccl. 4:1• 1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But they had no comforter. (Eccl. 4:1)
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Deut. 26:14• 14I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I brought away thereof in uncleanness, nor given thereof for a dead person; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. (Deut. 26:14)
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Neh. 8:9‑12• 9And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
 10And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
 11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. (Neh. 8:9‑12)
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Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight. (Prov. 15:8)
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Prov. 21:27• 27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;{HR}How much more [when] he bringeth it with a wicked purpose! (Prov. 21:27)
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Isa. 1:11‑15• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
 13Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies, — I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting.
 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].
 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:11‑15)
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Jer. 6:20• 20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. (Jer. 6:20)
• {v.13-16} The last part of the chapter is comprised in verses 13-16. The seventeenth verse really belongs to chapter 3. From verse 13 we learn that, together with all the moral corruption which we have considered, there were all the outward signs of devotion to the service of Jehovah. And what would seem so strange, did we not know the immense amount of deception it is possible to practice upon ourselves. (“Malachi 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And furtheri ye do this: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the oblation any more, nor receiveth it with satisfaction at your hand.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "secondly."

W. Kelly Translation

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And this have ye done again, covering the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering anymore, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.