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A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says Yahweh of Hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, Wherein have we despised your name?
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Our Father and Master
God confronts His people by appealing to two foundational relationships. As our Father, who created and adopted us, He is due honor. As our Master, who possesses supreme authority, He is due reverent fear. Commentators explain that this isn't a choice between the two; God claims the rights of both. This challenges us to examine whether our lives reflect both the loving honor for a Father and the respectful obedience for a Master.
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Malachi
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A son honoreth his father, and a slave his lord - Having spoken of the love of God, he turns to the thanklessness of man. God appea…
19th Century
Anglican
The prophet’s rebuke for the dishonoring of God’s name is addressed to the priests as the responsible persons, but applies to the whole nation.
16th Century
Protestant
I am compelled by the context to read all these verses, for the sense cannot be otherwise completed. God expostulates here with a perverse and ungr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A son honors [his] father, and a servant his master , &c.] Or, "will honour", or "should honour"; it is their duty t…
We may each apply to ourselves the charge made here against the priests. Our relationship to God, as our Father and Master, strongly obligates us t…
