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Malachi 1:1

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 the LORD. Nearly half of the verses in Malachi 1:1 include “says the LORD of hosts,” “says the LORD,” or some similar phrase. This prophecy is an oracle (compare Zechariah 9:1), literally, “a burden.” Malachi directs his message to the post­exilic community of Judah. By referring to them as “Israel,” he identifies them as recipients of all God’s covenant promises as well as the covenant obligations.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE BURDEN— _The charge,_ or _message._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (e-0) * (The title of this Book, 'Malachi'), Said to mean, 'Messenger of Jah.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַשָּׂ֥א דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    GOD'S PECULIAR LOVE FOR ISRAEL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The burden of the word of the Lord, the sentence which He found Himself compelled to pronounce, TO ISRAEL BY MALACHI....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    Malachi 1:1; Malachi 1:1 by Malachi: _ Heb._ by the hand of Malachi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Malachi 1:1 burden H4853 word H1697 LORD H3068 Israel H3478 by H3027 Malachi H4401 burden - Isaiah

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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'....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Habakkuk 1:1; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1; Isaiah 13:1; Zechariah 12:1;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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