6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. …
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)The prophet is here, by a special commission, calling the priests to account, though they were themselves appointed judges, to call the people to an account. Let the rulers in the house of God know that there is one above them, who will reckon with them for their mal-administrations. Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests ! Mal. 1:6. God will have a saying to unfaithful ministers; and it c…
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