And they shall be... my jewels. — Better, And they shall be to me, saith the Lord of hosts, a special possession, on the day that I am about to make. “Special possession” (Exodus 19:5).
Day... make. — The same expression occurs in Malachi 4:3. (Comp. Psalms 118:24.)
Verse Malachi 3:17. _THEY SHALL BE MINE_] I will acknowledge them as _my_ _subjects and followers_; in _the day_, especially, when I come to punish the wicked and reward the righteous. _WHEN I MAKE...
AND THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS - o the recurrence of the words, עשה אני אשר יום, Mal. 3:21. Hebrew (Malachi 4:3 in English), and the סגלה לי
THE REMNANT AND THE CONCLUDING PROPHECY CHAPTER 3:16-4:6 In the midst of all these moral conditions, the apostasy of the masses, we find a pleasing picture of a godly portion, whom the Lord mentions...
MALACHI 3:13 TO MALACHI 4:3. THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. The prophet here returns to the complaint of those who thought that religion did not pay (with Malachi 3:14; cf....
_in that day when I make up my jewels_ This rendering is supported by the Hebrew accents, and is adopted substantially in R.V. margin, _wherein I do make a peculiar treasure_. The phrase, however, to...
_THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE -- MALACHI 3:16-18:_ The message of this chapter ends with God reminding the people that He would remember those who serve him in righteousness. This book of remembrance conta...
DISCOURSE: 1275 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP APPROVED OF GOD Malachi 3:16. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written...
THEN THEY THAT FEARED THE LORD— Houbigant remarks, that by the word _jewels_ in Malachi 3:17 are meant those who feared God, and embraced the faith of the Gospel. This, says he, is principally to be u...
IF THE PEOPLE WILL RETURN IN DEVOTION TO GOD HE WILL YET BLESS THEM. Malachi 3:7-12 RV. From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me...
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? He notices the complaint of the Jews, that it is of no profit to serve Yahweh, for that...
3:17 treasure, (a-9) Or 'my own possession,' as Exodus 19:5 ....
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...
IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS] RV 'in the day that I do make, _even_ a peculiar treasure': better, 'in the day that I shew myself active' (so in Malachi 4:3), 'even a peculiar possession.' For...
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...
וְ הָ֣יוּ לִ֗י אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות לַ
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...
WICKEDNESS AND PRIDE SHALL FIND JUDGMENT Malachi 3:13-18; Malachi 4:1-6 The day cometh! either in the fall of Jerusalem or in some terrible catastrophe yet future. Whenever it comes may we be reckone...
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 they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day (q) when I make up my jewels; and I will (r) spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. (q) When I will restore my Church...
CHAPTER III. _ Possession; ( peculium) the property of a slave. (Calmet) --- Such look upon the smallest things with eagerness. Hebrew segula, (Haydock) means some precious thing. (Calmet) --- Spare....
I include the whole of these verses under one reading, in order to observe in them what the last verse expresseth, the discerning between the righteous and the wicked. And what can more strikingly set...
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...
_JEWELS_ ‘My jewels.’ Malachi 3:17 There is much in the nature and history of jewels that strikingly illustrates the character of the Lord’s people. I. THERE IS AN INTRINSIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEW...
He shows by the issue itself why a book of remembrance was written — that God in due time would again undertake to defend and cherish his Church. Though then for a time many troubles were to be sustai...
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 THEY SHALL BE MINE, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... That is, such as fear the Lord, and think of him, hereby they are known to be his; and hereafter, in the time referred to, it will be manifest that...
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Ver. 17. _And they shall be mine_] By pecu...
_Then_ When contempt of God was grown to such a height; _they that feared the Lord_ Those that were truly religious, that knew God's judgments to be a great deep, and that his ways are as high above o...
THE WAYS OF GOD VINDICATED...
And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, the precious people of His inheritance, 1 Peter 2:9, IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS, when He would impart to them the fulness of His glory; AND I...
Malachi 3:17; Malachi 3:17 jewels: Or, special treasure...
13-18 Among the Jews at this time, some plainly discovered themselves to be children of the wicked one. The yoke of Christ is easy. But those who work wickedness, tempt God by presumptuous sins. Judg...
THEY SHALL BE MINE; though now they seem to lie unregarded, as if they were not worth the owning, they shall appear to be mine. IN THAT DAY; the day wherein God will sever between men and men, and bet...
Malachi 3:17 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 day H3117 make H6213 (H8802) jewels H5459 spare...
Malachi 3:17 I. Notice the finding of the jewel. Just as the diamond and the gold are hidden among the rocks and earth, mud and sand, and are only found by great labour and trouble, so God's jewels ar...
Malachi 3:16 There are three main features of this description in the text. I. The book of remembrance. Probably the rudiment of this idea is to be found in Ezra 6:1. There was a roll found on a crit...
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...
_In that day when I make up My Jewel._ THE LORD’S JEWELS How much people think of their jewels. Eastern people are even more fond of jewels than we are, and Eastern ladies are even more lavishly deck...
_Then they that feared the Lord._ THE FEAR OF GOD A POWER-PRINCIPLE The events which, from their importance and prominence in the sacred annals, may be classed as marking successive epochs in the dev...
CRITICAL NOTES. Malachi 3:13.] Impatient murmuring is most unreasonable; the day is coming which will bring to light the distinction between the righteous and the wicked. MALACHI 3:13. STOUT] (bold)...
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 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 1 Corinthians 6:20;...
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...
Make up my jewels — This shall be fully made good in the last great day, and in heaven to eternal ages. I will spare them — In the mean time they shall be spared, pitied, preserved, and loved....