12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove him from the tents of Jacob[1] -even though he brings an offering to the Lord Almighty.

Other Translations of Malachi 2:12

King James Version

12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master the master...: or, him that waketh, and him that answereth and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.

English Standard Version

12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendantHebrew any who wakes and answers of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!

The Message

12 God's curse on those who do this! Drive them out of house and home! They're no longer fit to be part of the community no matter how many offerings they bring to God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

New King James Version

12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob The man who does this, being awake and aware, Yet who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!

New Living Translation

12 May the Lord cut off from the nation of Israel every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the Lord of Heaven's Armies.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Malachi 2:12

Commentary on Malachi 2:10-17

(Read Malachi 2:10-17)

Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God, will not be true to his fellow mortals. In contempt of the marriage covenant, which God instituted, the Jews put away the wives they had of their own nation, probably to make room for strange wives. They made their lives bitter to them; yet, in the sight of others, they pretend to be tender of them. Consider she is thy wife; thy own; the nearest relation thou hast in the world. The wife is to be looked on, not as a servant, but as a companion to the husband. There is an oath of God between them, which is not to be trifled with. Man and wife should continue to their lives' end, in holy love and peace. Did not God make one, one Eve for one Adam? Yet God could have made another Eve. Wherefore did he make but one woman for one man? It was that the children might be made a seed to serve him. Husbands and wives must live in the fear of God, that their seed may be a godly seed. The God of Israel saith that he hateth putting away. Those who would be kept from sin, must take heed to their spirits, for there all sin begins. Men will find that their wrong conduct in their families springs from selfishness, which disregards the welfare and happiness of others, when opposed to their own passions and fancies. It is wearisome to God to hear people justify themselves in wicked practices. Those who think God can be a friend to sin, affront him, and deceive themselves. The scoffers said, Where is the God of judgement? but the day of the Lord will come.