Maleakhi 2:9
Konteks2:9 “Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your 1 instruction.”
Maleakhi 1:2
Konteks1:2 “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?”
“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob
Maleakhi 3:14
Konteks3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped 2 by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? 3
[2:9] 1 tn Heb “in the instruction” (so NASB). The Hebrew article is used here as a possessive pronoun (cf. NRSV, NLT).
[3:14] 2 tn Heb “What [is the] profit”; NIV “What did we gain.”
[3:14] 3 sn The people’s public display of self-effacing piety has gone unrewarded by the