George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Malachi 3:3
Justice. This is spoken of the Christian priesthood, which far excels that of Levi, Hebrews v., and vii., &c. (Calmet) --- Many Jewish priests embraced the gospel, Acts vi. 7. (Haydock)
Justice. This is spoken of the Christian priesthood, which far excels that of Levi, Hebrews v., and vii., &c. (Calmet) --- Many Jewish priests embraced the gospel, Acts vi. 7. (Haydock)
Verse Malachi 3:3. _HE SHALL SIT_ AS _A REFINER_] Alluding to the case of a refiner of metals, _sitting_ at his fire; increasing it when he sees necessary, and watching the process of his work. _THE...
AND HE SHALL SIT - o as a King and Judge on His throne, with authority, yet also to try accurately the cause of each, separating seeming virtues from real graces; hypocrites, more or less consciously,...
4. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MESSENGER AND THE DAY OF THE LORD CHAPTER 3:1-6 In this chapter and in the next we have the prophecies of Malachi as to the Messiah and His forerunner. The last verse of th...
MALACHI 2:17 TO MALACHI 3:6. THE COMING OF JUDGMENT. This passage is addressed to those of the prophet's contemporaries who were so perplexed by the state of things around them that they had become sc...
HE SHALL SIT AS. REFINER AND PURIFIER OF SILVER. In Boulder, Colorado, the writer watched the silver ore as it was heated and melted in the furnace. As the fires became intense the precious metal and...
_he shall sit_ The expression gives "pictorial effect" (Hengst.) to the description. Comp. "He shall stand and feed" &c., Micah 5:4, for a similar "pictorial effect". The figure of the fuller is drop...
_THE MESSENGER AND THE MESSIAH -- MALACHI 3:1-5:_ Messiah would come. However, before His coming there would be one to prepare His way. Malachi wrote, "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall p...
DISCOURSE: 1272 THE EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S ADVENT Malachi 3:1. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his people, eve...
AND HE SHALL PURIFY THE SONS OF LEVI— Not _all of them;_ for the similitude is taken from gold and silver; which being purified, there remains some dross behind. So it happened after the ministration...
CHAPTER XLV THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD THE LORD WILL SEND A MESSENGER TO PREPARE FOR HIS DAY. Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:6. RV. Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we we...
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. AND HE...
3 The Speedy Judgment 1. This v. is closely connected with the preceding. It is the answer to the question, 'Where is the God of judgment?' The messenger is evidently a prophet or a succession of pro...
HE SHALL PURIFY THE SONS OF LEVI] The judgment will begin at the house of God. 4. Malachi, like other-late OT. writers, here idealises the past: cp. Isaiah 2:5; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:21....
MY *MESSENGER MALACHI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 3 V1 ‘Look at me! I will send my *messenger. He will prepare the way for me. Then, suddenly, the *Lord that you are looking for will come to his...
REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (MALACHI 2:17 TO MALACHI 3:18). (17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet now directs his reproofs against the people...
SONS OF LEVI. — Meaning especially the priests, the sons of Aaron, son of Amram, son of Kohath, son of Levi (Exodus 6:16); for judgment must begin at the house of God. (Comp. Jeremiah 25:29; Ezekiel 9...
וְ יָשַׁ֨ב מְצָרֵ֤ף וּ מְטַהֵר֙ כֶּ֔סֶף וְ
5. "WHERE IS THE GOD OF JUDGMENT?" Malachi 2:17; Malachi 3:1 In this section "Malachi" turns from the sinners of his people to those who weary Jehovah with the complaint that sin is successful, or, a...
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...
A PURGING FROM EVIL Malachi 3:1-12 The opening verses of this chapter stir the heart like the call of a trumpet. We remember how literally they were fulfilled in the presentation of our Lord in the T...
The last division of the Book contains the prophet's announcement of the coming of Messiah. It falls into three sections, one dealing with the coming One, one dealing with the Coming Day, and one utte...
And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of (e) Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. (e...
The question is solemn, who may abide the day of his coming, whether we consider the Lord's first coming to a sinner in a way of grace, or hereafter in a day of judgment. Who can describe the soul exe...
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...
The Prophet says, that Christ would _sit to purify the sons of Levi_; for though they were the flower, as it were, and the purity of the Church, they had yet contracted some contagion from the corrupt...
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...
AND HE SHALL SIT [AS] A REFINER, AND PURIFIER OF SILVER,.... Kimchi interprets this, as he does the latter part of the preceding verse Malachi 3:2, of the day, and not of the Lord, which he compares t...
And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Ver. 3...
_And he shall sit as a refiner_ He shall be diligently employed in his office, in performing which he shall resemble a refiner and purifier of silver. _And he shall purify the sons of Levi_ And wherea...
and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, the entire Messianic period being a time of testing and of judgment, John 9:39, culminating in the day of the final Judgment; AND HE SHALL PURIFY...
THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD. Jehovah's Messenger and the Angel of the Covenant....
1-6 The first words of this chapter seem an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is Christ's harbinger. He shall prepare the way before hi...
AND HE, King Messiah, Christ Jesus our Lord, SHALL SIT; as resolved to attend this work, he will set to it vigorously, and continue in it constantly, till it is finished. AS A REFINER AND PURIFIER OF...
Malachi 3:3 sit H3427 (H8804) refiner H6884 (H8764) purifier H2891 (H8764) silver H3701 purify H2891 ...
THE COMING ACTIVITY OF GOD (MALACHI 3:1) The question, ‘Where is the God of Justice?' (Malachi 2:17) was obviously a two-edged one, but it is questionable whether the people of Judah wanted God to be...
Malachi 3:3 Under the image of the text is symbolized the whole course of the sanctification of the elect, until, through the searching discipline of God, they attain the perfection to which they are...
Malachi 3:1 Interpreting this prediction by the event, let us read what it says, I. As to the manner of the Saviour's coming. (1) He was to come announced by a forerunner. (2) He was to come to fulf...
Malachi 3:1. _Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:_ The name Malachi means «my messenger.» The reference here is, of course, to John the Baptist, who was to prepa...
CONTENTS: Mission of John the Baptist, and Christ's first advent foretold. Israel exhorted to return to God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Malachi, John the Baptist. CONCLUSION: Those who deny God His pa...
Malachi 3:1. _Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me._ John the baptist, as our Saviour himself expounds this passage. Matthew 11:7. _The Lord whom ye seek,_ and for whom...
_And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver._ THE REFINER The sons of Levi were the authorised instructors of the Hebrew people. By fidelity to their special work they fostered, by unfaithf...
_Behold, I will send My messenger._ MESSIAH’S MESSENGER The coming of the Messiah was in the time of the world’s deepest wants. As in all instances of national degeneracy, two special causes bore th...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 3:2 When the Lord comes, he will purify some sinners (vv. Malachi 3:2) and judge others (v. Malachi 3:5
CRITICAL NOTES.] MESSENGER] The prophet, in first instance; applied to the Baptist (Matthew 11:10; Luke 7:27). PREPARE] Clear away, like a pioneer before an Eastern prince. SUDDENLY] Unexpectedly. MAL...
EXPOSITION MALACHI 3:1 BEHOLD, I WILL SEND (_I send_) MY MESSENGER. God answers that he is coming to show himself the God of judgment and justice. Are they ready to meet him and to bear his sentence?...
Now the promise of the coming of John the Baptist as the forerunner to Jesus Christ. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenl...
1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 4:12; 1 Peter 4:13;...
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...
THE TITHE CHAPTER Malachi 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When one reads the Book of Malachi he would think that the Holy Spirit was writing a message to the churches of the twentieth century, especially to...
He shall fit — As resolved to attend his work and finish it. He shall purify — The effect of this fiery trial, shall be the thorough cleansing of the persons that are to pass through it. Sons of Levi...