John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart." — Malachi 2:2 (ASV)
If you will not hear
The commandment enjoined them; or the Gospel preached to them by Christ, and his apostles:
and if you will not lay [it] to heart to give glory to my name,
says the Lord of hosts ;
which they had despised and profaned before; if they did not take care of his worship and service, and honour the Messiah sent to them, in whom the name of the Lord was:
I will even send a curse upon you ;
both upon priests and people; those that bring the bad offerings, and those that receive them, as Kimchi; though Abarbinel restrains it to the priests:
and I will curse your blessings ,
either with which the priests blessed the people; or with which both they and the people were blessed; namely, their temporal blessings, such as their corn, and wine, and oil: and what wicked men have of this world, they have it with a curse, and not a blessing, as the righteous have; and therefore a little which they have, is better than much enjoyed by the wicked, (Psalms 37:16) :
yes, I have cursed them already ;
that is, from the time they began to despise his name, and not give him the glory due to him, as Kimchi and Abarbinel explain it:
because you do not lay [it] to heart ;
to glorify God.