Verse Lens · Context pointer
Malachi 2:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
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Role in This Section
This verse begins the second treachery charge by portraying tears and crying over an altar whose offerings the LORD no longer receives.
Read It With
- Malachi 2:13-16
Read Malachi 2:13 with 2:13-16. This verse begins the second treachery charge by portraying tears and crying over an altar whose offerings the LORD no longer receives. The complete unit establishes this movement: The LORD refuses offerings from men who betray the covenant companion of their youth; difficult wording in verses 15-16 still makes treachery and violence the controlling wrong and calls the hearers to guard their spirit.
Why It Needs Context
This verse begins the second treachery charge by portraying tears and crying over an altar whose offerings the LORD no longer receives. Its contribution depends on Malachi 2:13-16; isolated teaching would detach the line from the complete disputation and its covenant setting.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Malachi 2:13-16 — Rejected Offerings Expose Treachery against the Wife of YouthSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Malachi 2:13-16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Malachi
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, recurring roots, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Mal.xml, 2:13-16
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