‏ Malachi 1

bring.

Ps 66:10-12; Isa 43:2; 1Co 3:11-13; 1Pe 4:12

refine.

Job 23:10; Pr 17:3; Isa 48:10; Mal 3:2,3; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:6,7

they shall call.

10:6; 12:10; Ps 34:15-19; 50:15; 91:15; Isa 58:9; 65:23,24

Jer 29:11,12; Ho 2:21-23; Joe 2:32; Ac 2:21; Ro 10:12-14

It is my people.

8:8; Le 26:12,44,45; De 26:17-19; Ps 144:15; Isa 44:1-6; Jer 30:22

Jer 31:33; 32:38; Eze 11:20; 36:28; 37:27; Ho 2:23; Mt 22:29-32

Heb 8:10; Re 21:3,4,7

1 Malachi complains of Israel's unkindness;

2 of their irreligiousness and profaneness.

burden.

Isa 13:1; Hab 1:1; Zec 9:1; 12:1

by. Heb. by the hand of.

Hag 1:1; 2:1; *margins

I have.The prophet shows in these verses (ver. 2-5) how much Jacob and the Israelites were favoured by Jehovah, more than Esau and the Edomites. Through every period of the history of Jacob's posterity, they could not deny that God had remarkably appeared on their behalf; but he had rendered the heritage of Esau's descendants, by wars and various other means, barren and waste for ever.

De 7:6-8; 10:15; 32:8-14; Isa 41:8,9; 43:4; Jer 31:3; Ro 11:28,29

Wherein.

6,7; 2:17; 3:7,8,13,14; Jer 2:5,31; Lu 10:29

yet I.

Ge 25:23; 27:27-30,33; 28:3,4,13,14; 32:28-30; 48:4; Ro 9:10-13

hated.

Ge 29:30,31; De 21:15,16; Lu 14:26

laid.

Isa 34:9-12; Jer 49:16-18; Eze 25:13,14; 36:3,4,7,9,14,15

Joe 3:19; Ob 1:10,18,19-21

the.

Isa 13:21,22; 34:13,14; 35:7; Jer 9:11; 51:37

but.

Isa 9:9,10; Jas 4:13-16

They shall build.

Job 9:4; 12:14; 34:29; Ps 127:1; Pr 21:30; Isa 10:4,15,16; La 3:37

Mt 12:30

The border.

Jer 31:17; Eze 11:10; Am 6:2

The people.

3; Ps 137:7; Isa 11:14; 34:5,10; 63:1-6

La 4:21,22; Eze 25:14; 35:9

your.

De 4:3; 11:7; Jos 24:7; 1Sa 12:16; 2Ch 29:8; Lu 10:23,24

The Lord.

Ps 35:26,27; 58:10,11; 83:17,18; Eze 38:16,23; 39:21,22

from. or, upon. Heb. from upon.

son.

Ex 20:12; Le 19:3; De 5:16; Pr 30:11,17; Mt 15:4,6; 19:19; Mr 7:10

Mr 10:19; Lu 18:20; Eph 6:2

a servant.

1Ti 6:1,2; Tit 2:9,10; 1Pe 2:17-19

if then.From this verse to ch. 2:9, the prophet reproves the priests and people for sacrificing the refuse of beasts; and denounces punishment against the former for not teaching the people their duty in this respect.

Ex 4:22,23; Isa 1:2; 64:8; Jer 31:9; Mt 6:9,14,15; Lu 6:36,46

1Pe 1:17

and if.

Mt 7:21; Lu 6:46; Joh 13:13-17

O priests.

2:8; 1Sa 2:28-30; Jer 5:30,31; 23:11; Eze 22:26; Ho 4:6; 5:1

And ye.

2:14-17; 3:7,8,13,14; Jer 2:21,22; Ho 12:8; Lu 10:29

Ye offer, etc. or, Bring unto my, etc. polluted.

Le 2:11, 21:6; De 15:21

The table.

12; 1Sa 2:15-17; Eze 41:22; 1Co 10:21; 11:21,22,27-32

if ye offer the blind.

14; Le 22:19-25; De 15:21

for sacrifice, Heb. to sacrifice. or accept.

10,13; Job 42:8; Ps 20:3; Jer 14:10; Ho 8:13

beseech.

2Ch 30:27; Jer 27:18; Joe 1:13,14; 2:17; Zec 3:1-5; Joh 9:31

Heb 7:26,27

God. Heb. the face of God.

Ex 32:11; Jer 26:19; *margins

La 2:19

by your means. Heb. from your hand. will he.

Ac 19:15,16; Ro 2:11; 1Pe 1:17

Who.Instead of {mi,} "who," one MS. (30 K.) with the LXX reads {ki,} "surely," which is adopted by Houbigant and Abp. Newcome, who renders, "Surely the doors shall be closed against you, neither shall ye kindle the fire of my altar in vain."

even.

Job 1:9-11; Isa 56:11,12; Jer 6:13; 8:10; Mic 3:11; Joh 10:12

Php 2:21; 1Pe 5:2

neither.

1Co 9:13

I have.

Isa 1:11-15; Jer 6:20; Am 5:21-24; Heb 10:38

from.As the preceding verse was a prediction of the abolition of the Levitical priesthood, so this is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles, and the spiritual priesthood of the Gospel times. As none but priests of Aaron's race might burn incense before Jehovah, a total change of the external administration of the sacred ordinances is evidently predicted.

Ps 50:1; 113:3; Isa 45:6; 59:19; Zec 8:7

my name.

14; Ps 22:27-31; 67:2; 72:11-17; 98:1-3; Isa 11:9,10; 45:22,23

Isa 49:6,7,22,23; 54:1-3,5; 60:1-11,16-22; 66:19,20; Am 9:12

Mic 5:4; Zep 3:9; Zec 8:20-23; Mt 6:9,10; 28:19; Ac 15:17,18

Re 11:15; 15:4

and in.

Isa 24:14-16; 42:10-12; Zep 2:11; Joh 4:21-23; Ac 10:30-35

Ro 15:9-11,16; 1Ti 2:8; Re 8:3

incense.

Ps 141:2; Isa 60:6; Lu 1:10; Ro 12:1; Php 4:18; Heb 13:15,16

Re 5:8; 8:3,4

for.

Isa 66:19,20

ye have.

6,8; 2:8; 2Sa 12:14; Eze 36:21-23; Am 2:7; Ro 2:24

The table.

7,13; Nu 11:4-8; Da 5:3,4

Behold.

1Sa 2:29; Isa 43:22; Am 8:5; Mic 6:3; Mr 14:4,5,37,38

and ye have snuffed at it. or, whereas ye might have blown itaway. torn.

7,8; Le 22:8,19-23; De 15:21; Eze 4:14; 44:31

should I accept.

2:13; Isa 1:12; 57:6; Jer 7:9-11,21-24; Am 5:21-23; Zec 7:5,6

Mt 6:1,2,5,16

cursed.

3:9; Ge 27:12; Jos 7:11,12; Jer 48:10; Mt 24:51; Lu 12:1,2,46

Ac 5:1-10; Re 21:8

which hath in his flock. or, in whose flock is.

Ec 5:4,5; Mr 12:41-44; 14:8; 2Co 8:12

for.

8,11; De 28:58; Ps 47:2; 48:2; 95:3; Isa 57:15; Jer 10:10; Da 4:37

Zec 14:9; Mt 5:35; 1Ti 6:15

my name.

Ps 68:35; 76:12; Da 9:4; Heb 12:29; Re 15:4
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