George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Malachi 1:1
Malachias, "the angel of the Lord." St. Jerome always reads Malachi, "my angel." Septuagint, "his angel;" whence Origen infers, that this was an angel incarnate. (Calmet)
Malachias, "the angel of the Lord." St. Jerome always reads Malachi, "my angel." Septuagint, "his angel;" whence Origen infers, that this was an angel incarnate. (Calmet)
THE BOOK PROPHET MALACHI _Chronological Notes relative to this Book_ -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3607. -Year from the vocation of Abram, 1524. -Year since the destructi...
THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD TO ISRAEL - o “The word of the Lord is heavy, because it is called a burden, yet it hath something of consolation, because it is not ‘against,’ but to Israel. For it...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS 1. Jehovah's Love for His People CHAPTER 1:1-5 The message of Malachi begins with the sublime statement, “I have loved you, saith Jehovah.” It is the message to Israel. This...
MALACHI 1:1. _Cf._ Zechariah 9:1; Zechariah 12:1. The compiler of the Book of the Twelve, when he reached the end of Zech. (Zechariah 1-8), had still three short pieces in hand (Zechariah 9-11, 12-14,...
BURDEN. See note on Isaiah 13:1. and compare Zechariah 9:1; Zechariah 12:1, &c. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. TO. Not "concerning". BY. by the hand of. MALACHI. Hebr
Malachi 1:1. Title 1. _burden_ either _burden_, from its weighty character as a Divine announcement, or _oracle_as that which is -taken up" (Exodus 20:17: Numbers 23:18) by the speaker. See note on...
_GOD CONTINUED TO LOVE HIS PEOPLE -- MALACHI 1:1-5:_ The Jews had become disobedient in their sacrifices and in their living. Malachi pictured the fact that God continued to love them even in their re...
THE BURDEN— _The charge,_ or _message._...
CHAPTER XLIV DENUNCIATION OF UNFAITHFULNESS SUPERSCRIPTION. Malachi 1:1 RV. The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi. LXX. The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of...
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 individ...
1:1 (e-0) * (The title of this Book, 'Malachi'), Said to mean, 'Messenger of Jah.'...
1 Jehovah's Love and His People's Ingratitude 1. Burden] RM 'oracle'; properly, 'that which is lifted up,' hence in this connexion 'utterance'; but with play on other meaning 'burden' in Jeremiah 23...
MY *MESSENGER MALACHI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 1 V1 The *LORD sent this message to Israel by means of his servant Malachi. NOTES Verse 1 Malachi wrote his book in the Hebrew language. The He...
1-5. These verses are introductory to the whole prophecy. God had shown His love to Israel; Israel ought to have made a proper return, but, on the contrary, Israel had abused God’s loving-kindness. (1...
מַשָּׂ֥א דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּ...
Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:1 PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW "MALACHI" 1-4 BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many things of perennial i...
SINCERITY OF WORSHIP SOUGHT Malachi 1:1-14 The love referred to in these opening Malachi 1:1-5, was exemplified in the divine choice, that through Israel the whole world might be blessed. Hate does n...
After the introductory word, which really constitutes the title page of the prophecy, the message begins almost abruptly with the tender and sensitive word of Jehovah to His people, "I have loved you....
The (a) burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. The Argument - This Prophet was one of the three who God raised up for the comfort of the Church after the captivity, and after him there w...
CONTENTS The Lord is expostulating with Israel in this Chapter, on their ingratitude; and pointing out in his providences and grace, his distinguishing favor to Jacob, and his judgment on Esau. Mala...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The Lord has not been pleased to give us much express information of the prophets in general, with the exception of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, and in a me...
_MALACHI’S MESSAGE_ ‘The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.’ Malachi 1:1 We may be apt to think that, because ‘Malachi’ comes last in the Old Testament, he lived after the other w...
They who explain משא, _mesha_, burden, as signifying prophecy, without exception, are mistaken, as I have elsewhere reminded you; for prophecy is not everywhere called a burden; and whenever this word...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The prophecy of Malachi deals with the people brought back from the captivity of Babylon, and is most important as shewing the moral condition of...
THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... By which is meant the prophecy of this book, so called, not because heavy, burdensome, and distressing, either for the prophet to carry, or the people to bear;...
The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. Ver. 1. _The burden_] That is, the burdenous prophecy (as Tremellius renders it): a burden, as, 1. Enjoined and imposed upon the prophet to ut...
_The burden of the Lord_ The word _burden_ is here, as often elsewhere, equivalent to prophecy; _to Israel_ To those of all the tribes that were returned from captivity. _I have loved you, saith the L...
GOD'S PECULIAR LOVE FOR ISRAEL...
The burden of the word of the Lord, the sentence which He found Himself compelled to pronounce, TO ISRAEL BY MALACHI....
Malachi 1:1; Malachi 1:1 by Malachi: _ Heb._ by the hand of Malachi...
1-5 All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one to differ from another. All the evils sinners feel and fear, are the just...
MALACHI CHAPTER 1 God by Malachi complaineth of Israel's ingratitude, ZECHARIAH 1:1 and of the profane disrespect shown to God's worship, ZECHARIAH 1:6 . The curse of corrupt offerings; Zechariah 1:14
Malachi 1:1 burden H4853 word H1697 LORD H3068 Israel H3478 by H3027 Malachi H4401 burden - Isaiah
HEADING. Malachi 1:1 ‘The burden of the word of YHWH to Israel by Malachi.' The heading tells us what the contents of the book are. It contains ‘the burden of the word of YHWH to Israel by Malachi'....
CONTENTS: Jehovah's love for Israel. The sins of the priests and hypocrisy of the people. CHARACTERS: God, Malachi, Jacob, Esau. CONCLUSION: God would have His people know that He loves them, therefo...
Malachi 1:1. _The word of the Lord by Malachi,_ my angel, my messenger, or the messenger of the Lord. Malachi flourished after the second temple was built, and about four hundred and twenty years befo...
_The burden of the Word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi._ A DIVINE BURDEN Some burdens are self-imposed; some laid upon us by our fellow-men; some by God. The prophets felt that the Word of God was...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 1:1 Heading. MALACHI 1:1 declares his role as God’s messenger and identifies his book as the word of
CRITICAL NOTES.] BURDEN] (Massa) A heavy vision full of toil and weight. “What is the burden of the Lord?” was asked scoffingly from the prophets. As a punishment for the blasphemy of the people, God...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1:1-2:9 Part I. REPROOF OF THE PRIESTS FOR NEGLECT OF DIVINE SERVICE. MALACHI 1:1 § 1_. Heading and author. _THE BURDEN ...
Now let's turn to Malachi, the final word of God in the Old Testament period. God's final message before the coming of Jesus Christ. Who Malachi was, where he came from, we know nothing. Some believe...
Habakkuk 1:1; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1; Isaiah 13:1; Zechariah 12:1;...
VITAL QUESTIONS Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response, instead of a direct answer, the chosen people, Israel, ask...