Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Note d'étude
Study Note
Malachi's opening indictment — 'A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear?' — uses the unquestioned social norms of family and household to measure Israel's religious obligation. The argument is a fortiori: if humans honour human fathers and masters, then the one who is supremely Father and supremely Master has a correspondingly greater claim to honour and reverence. Jesus's use of the same father-son dynamic in Matthew 7:9-11 ('if ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things') uses the identical logic of human analogy to divine relationship. The specificity of the charge against priests (verse 6b: 'O priests, that despise my name') makes institutional religion the primary locus of divine-honour violation — a Malachian theme that resonates with every generation's critique of empty religious formalism.
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A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
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A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
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