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Don`t we all have one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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One Father, One Family
Malachi begins by reminding the people of their shared identity: "Have we not all one father?" Most commentators agree this refers to God as the spiritual Father of Israel. This shared divine origin establishes a sacred brotherhood among the people. Therefore, acting treacherously against a fellow Israelite was not merely a personal dispute but a direct violation of the family relationship God Himself had created.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Have we not all one Father?
Hath not one God created us? Malachi turns abruptly to another offense, in which…
19th Century
Anglican
The prophet now rebukes the two great sins of the nation at this time:
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet accuses the Jews here of another crime: that they were treacherous towards God and their own brothers, and departed from that preeminen…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Have we not all one father ? &c.] Whether this is understood of Adam the first man, of whose blood all nations of the ear…
Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God will not be true to his fellow human beings. In contempt of t…
