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Malachi 2:12

Malachi 2:12
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this,.... That is guilty of such treachery, wickedness, and idolatry: or "to the man that doeth this" (y); all that belong to him, his children and substance:…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar - , literally “The Lord cut off from the man that doeth this, watcher and answerer.” A proverbial saying apparently, in which…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Malachi 2:10-17

Corrupt practices are the genuine fruit and product of corrupt principles; and the badness of men's hearts and lives is owing to some loose atheistical notions which they have got and which they…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the man Rather, to the man, as R.V., i.e. out of his family.

the master and the scholar Rather, as A.V. margin and R.V., him that waketh and him that answereth. It is a proverbial expression, like…