The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD - the heavy sentence. TO ISRAEL - represented now by the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with individuals of the ten tribes who had returned with the Jews from Babylon. So "Israel" is used, . Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, I HAVE LOVED YOU - above other men; nay, even above the other descendants of Abraham and Isaac. Such gratuitous love on my part called for love on yours. But... [ Continue Reading ]
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. AND I HATED ESAU - not positively, but relatively - i:e., I did not choose him out to be the object of gratuitous favour, as I did Jacob (cf. Luke 14:26, "If any man come to me, and hate not his fat... [ Continue Reading ]
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. WHEREAS, [ kiy (H... [ Continue Reading ]
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. AND YOUR EYES SHALL SEE, AND YE SHALL SAY, THE LORD WILL BE MAGNIFIED FROM THE BORDER OF ISRAEL. Ye, restored to your own "borders" in Israel, "from" them shall raise your voices to "magnify the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? A SON HONOURETH HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HI... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. YE OFFERED POLLUTED BREAD UPON MINE ALTAR - God's answer to their challenge (), "Wherein have we despised thy name?" POLLUTED BREAD - namely, blemished sac... [ Continue Reading ]
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. AND IF YE OFFER THE BLIND FOR SACRIFICE, IS IT NOT EVIL? AND IF YE OFFER THE LA... [ Continue Reading ]
And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. AND NOW, I PRAY YOU, BESEECH GOD THAT HE WILL BE GRACIOUS UNTO US - ironical. Think you that God will be persuaded by such polluted gifts to be g... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. WHO IS THERE EVEN AMONG YOU THAT WOULD SHUT THE DOORS FOR NOUGHT? Not one even... [ Continue Reading ]
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. FOR FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN, EVEN... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. BUT YE HAVE PROFANED IT, IN THAT YE SAY, THE TABLE OF THE LORD IS POLLUTED; AND THE FRUIT THEREOF, EVEN HIS MEAT, IS CONTEMPTIBLE - renewal of the charge in . FRUIT... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. YE SAID ALSO, BEHOLD, WHAT A WEARINESS IS IT! Ye regar... [ Continue Reading ]
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. BUT CURSED BE THE DECEIVER - the hypocrite. Not poverty, but avarice, was the cause of... [ Continue Reading ]