Malaquias 2:8

8 Mas vocês se desviaram do caminho e pelo seu ensino causaram a queda de muita gente; vocês quebraram a aliança de Levi”, diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos.

Malaquias 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way
Of truth and righteousness, of life and peace, of eternal salvation and happiness, pointed to by Christ and his forerunner, and by his apostles and ministers that followed him, and which was clearly showed in the preaching of the Gospel: this was the character of the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, in Christ's time, to which the prophet seems to have respect; who not only failed in their observance of legal sacrifices, complained of in the former chapter ( Malachi 1:1-14 ) , but left that way of atonement and salvation they directed to, and led others out of the way with them: ye have caused many to stumble at the law;
at the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ; which was the stumbling stone they fell at, seeking for righteousness, and directing others to seek for it, not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, ( Romans 9:32 Romans 9:33 ) : ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts:
that which was foreshadowed by the Levitical priesthood and covenant, namely, the covenant of grace, dispensed under the Gospel dispensation by the ministry of the word and ordinances; which they rejected, despised, and set at nought, and as much as in them lay endeavoured to make void, by not attending to these things, nor suffering others, but doing all they could to bring them into disuse, contempt, and disgrace.

Malaquias 2:8 In-Context

6 A verdadeira lei estava em sua boca e nenhuma falsidade achou-se em seus lábios. Ele andou comigo em paz e retidão e desviou muitos do pecado.

7 “Porque os lábios do sacerdote devem guardar o conhecimento, e da sua boca todos esperam a instrução na Lei, porque ele é o mensageiro do SENHOR dos Exércitos.

8 Mas vocês se desviaram do caminho e pelo seu ensino causaram a queda de muita gente; vocês quebraram a aliança de Levi”, diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos.

9 “Por isso eu fiz que fossem desprezados e humilhados diante de todo o povo, porque vocês não seguem os meus caminhos, mas são parciais quando ensinam a Lei”.

10 Não temos todos o mesmo Pai? Não fomos todos criados pelo mesmo Deus? Por que será, então, que quebramos a aliança dos nossos antepassados sendo infiéis uns com os outros?