your eyes shall see Unharmed and in safety yourselves you shall witness the overthrow of Edom (comp. Psalms 91:7-8).
will be magnified from Rather, be magnified over. It is an ascription of praise (comp. Psalms 48:1) to God who extends, as it were, His tutelary care over Israel, while utter destruction overtakes Edom. The contrast with Edom is emphasized by the insertion of the personal pronoun, "ye(Jews) shall say."
Verse Malachi 1:5. _YOUR EYES_] Ye Israelites _shall see_, in your succeeding generations, that - _THE LORD WILL BE MAGNIFIED_] By his kindness in Israel, and his judgments _beyond_....
AND YOUR EYES SHALL SEE - Malicious pleasure in looking on at the misery of Judaea and Jerusalem, had been a special sin of Edom: now God would show Judah the fruit of its reversal, and His goodness t...
YAHWEH'S LOVE FOR ISRAEL. This truth is questioned by some of the prophet's contemporaries, who are then reminded of the contrasted fortunes of the nations descended from Jacob and Esau. These peoples...
_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...
AND YOUR EYES SHALL SEE, &C.— That is, the eyes of Israel, who are here addressed. See Malachi 1:1. The latter clause should be rendered, _The Lord hath done wonderfully for the borders of Israel._...
GOD LOVES ISRAEL. Malachi 1:2-5 RV. I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob; but Esau I hated, and made...
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,...
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...
, THE LORD WILL BE (RV 'be') MAGNIFIED] The Heb. may express either a prayer, as in Psalms 40:16, or a statement. Here the meaning is probably that Jehovah habitually manifests His greatness. From (m...
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...
AND YOUR EYES SHALL SEE. — Comp. such expressions as Psalms 37:34; Psalms 52:6; Psalms 91:8. As with the individual, so with a nation: to stand in safety and be a witness to the destruction of the ene...
וְ עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם תִּרְאֶ֑ינָה וְ אַתֶּ֤ם תֹּֽאמְרוּ֙...
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...
1. GOD'S LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HATRED OF EDOM Malachi 1:2 He begins with God's Love, and in answer to the disappointed people's cry, "Wherein hast Thou loved us?" he does not, as the older prophets did...
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 Apostle to the Hebrews explains this account of Esau, who is said to be a fornicator, and a profane person Hebrews 12:16 left to a dissolute mind, being rejected, or as this scripture speaks, hate...
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...
He adds, _Your eyes shall see_. The Jews had already begun in part to witness this spectacle, but the Prophet speaks here of what was to continue. _See _then _shall your eyes_; that is, “As it has alr...
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 YOUR EYES SHALL SEE,.... The destruction of the Edomites, and their fruitless attempts to rebuild their desolate places; and the difference between them and the Israelites, who were returned to th...
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. Ver. 5. _And your eyes shall see_] "The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him," and say...
_Edom saith, We are empoverished_, [or, _brought low,_] _but we will return and build the desolate places_ This they accordingly did, as we learn from the history of those times; and undoubtedly thoug...
GOD'S PECULIAR LOVE FOR ISRAEL...
And your eyes shall see, the facts before their eves convincing them, AND YE SHALL SAY, THE LORD WILL BE MAGNIFIED FROM THE BORDER OF ISRAEL, rather, "over the border of Israel. " The children of Isra...
Malachi 1:5; Malachi 1:5 from: Or, upon. _Heb._ from upon...
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...
You Jews who are now returned from captivity, and are blest with a rebuilt temple and city, who are settled in civil and sacred concerns, YOUR EYES SHALL SEE; some of you must needs, more will, and al...
Malachi 1:5 eyes H5869 see H7200 (H8799) say H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 magnified H1431 (H8799) border...
THE LOVE OF YHWH FOR JACOB, AND HIS HATRED FOR ESAU (MALACHI 1:2). YHWH now makes a positive affirmation of love for His people Israel (Jacob). This love had often been affirmed by previous prophets....
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 Lord will be magnified from (or upon) the border of Israel._ EACH NATION HAD ITS GOD The deities were made to rival each other in the protection and blessing which they afforded to the nations...
MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 1:2 First Dispute: Are God’s People Still Special in His Sight? Malachi answers the doubts of the people who question God’s love because of Israel’s many current problems....
CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 1:4. Edom] cannot recover herself. Her perpetual ruins illustrate love to Israel rather than to her. BORDER] still the resort of marauding tribes of the desert. INDIGNATION] C...
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...
1 Samuel 12:16; 2 Chronicles 29:8; Deuteronomy 11:7; Deuteronomy 4:3;...
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...
From the border of Israel — Let Israel from all his borders give God praise....