Malachi 2:9 - Exposition

Contemptible . The glory of the priesthood and the honour that belonged to it (Ecclesiasticus 45:7, etc.) were now turned into disgrace and contempt, when men compared the actual with the ideal. "Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed" ( 1 Samuel 2:30 ). Have been partial in the law; Revised Version, have had respect of persons in the law; or, in your teaching, as Malachi 2:6 , Malachi 2:8 . The prophet names one special sin of the priests, and that the most flagrant—perversion of judgment, partiality in the administration of the Law. The same complaint is found in Micah 3:11 .