Malachi 2 Commentary

The LORD rebukes the priests for failing to teach the people of Judah according to the standard He established with the Levitical priesthood. The priests have corrupted God’s covenant with them. Rather than having zeal for His word, God’s righteousness was not found coming from their lips.

God decries treating others with partiality because He is the creator and father of everyone. He chastises the people of Judah for engaging in the exploitative and immoral ways of paganism, thus breaking their covenant vow with Him.

Malachi confronts the Jewish men for divorcing the wives of their youth. Because they are worshiping while practicing intentional sin, God will not hear their petitions. 

Malachi closes Chapter 2 with another complaint from the people related to their prior objection that God was not listening to them. They are expecting God to bring justice, and He is not living up to their expectations. In all this, Judah is wearying the LORD by celebrating evil and saying it is good. They are not getting justice because they are themselves bringing injustice to Judah.