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Malachi 2

Mal. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fors 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
, the God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
that σhe hateth
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
τputting away
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
: for one covereth
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
violence
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
with his garment
lbuwsh (Hebrew #3830)
from 3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphem.) a wife
KJV usage: apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
Pronounce: leb-oosh'
Origin: or lbush {leb-oosh'}
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
: therefore take heed
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to your spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
, that ye deal not treacherously
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 24:1• 1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, it shall be if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house. (Deut. 24:1)
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or, if he hate her, put her away,
Matt. 19:8• 8He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus. (Matt. 19:8)
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to put away.

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Garments,
God,
Israel,
Lord of Hosts,
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Ministry on This Verse

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the Lord.
Deut. 24:1‑4• 1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, it shall be if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house.
 2And she shall depart out of his house, and go away, and may become another man's wife.
 3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a letter of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die who took her as his wife;
 4her first husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for it is an abomination before Jehovah; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. (Deut. 24:1‑4)
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Isa. 50:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. (Isa. 50:1)
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Matt. 5:31‑32• 31It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.
 32But *I* say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery, and whosoever marries one that is put away commits adultery. (Matt. 5:31‑32)
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Matt. 19:3‑9• 3And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
 4But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,
 5and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
 6so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
 7They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send her away?
 8He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.
 9But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery. (Matt. 19:3‑9)
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Mark 10:2‑12• 2And Pharisees coming to him asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (tempting him).
 3But he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?
 4And they said, Moses allowed to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.
 5And Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;
 6but from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 7For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,
 8and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.
 9What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
 10And again in the house the disciples asked him concerning this.
 11And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.
 12And if a woman put away her husband and shall marry another, she commits adultery. (Mark 10:2‑12)
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Luke 16:18• 18Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery. (Luke 16:18)
that he hateth putting away.
or, if he hate her, put heraway.
Heb. to put away.
covereth.
Prov. 28:13• 13He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. (Prov. 28:13)
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Isa. 28:20• 20For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it. (Isa. 28:20)
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Isa. 59:6• 6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. (Isa. 59:6)
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Mic. 7:2‑3• 2The godly man hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
 3Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:2‑3)
• And in the prophets He continually reminded them of His union with them, that He was married to them, and that, therefore, He could not cast them off. (See Isa. 1; Jer. 3:1-14, and more.) It was this same spirit He would have them show in their relationships. (“Malachi 2” by E. Dennett)
• There is little doubt that verse 16 contains a general principle, and one, therefore, that has been rightly applied to discipline in the Church; for the heart of God must be expressed in discipline as much as in brotherly fellowship. If this were borne in mind there could be no room for haste or harshness, no forgetting the object of true and divine discipline, no satisfaction felt in the cutting off of the offender. (“Malachi 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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(for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel;) and he covereth with violence his garmentc, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "who multiplies violence on his wife."