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 his messenger. Lay it, I pray you, to heart. COMMENTS Malachi begins with the prophet's usual cla... [ Continue Reading ]
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 his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness. Whereas Edom sai... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9 RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name... [ Continue Reading ]