CHAPTER IV _God's awful judgments on the wicked_, 1. _Great blessedness of the righteous_, 2, 3. _The prophet then, with a solemnity becoming the last of the_ _prophets, closes the Sacred Canon with enjoining the strict_ _observance of the law till the forerunner already promised_ _should appe... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Malachi 4:2. _YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME_] The persons mentioned in the _sixteenth_ verse of the preceding chapter, ye that look for redemption through the Messiah. Malachi 3:16 _THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The Lord Jesus, the promised Messiah; the Hope of Israel. _WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS_] As... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Malachi 4:3. _YE SHALL TREAD DOWN_] This may be the commission given to the Romans: Tread down the wicked people, tread down the wicked place; set it on fire, and let the _ashes_ be trodden down under your feet.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Malachi 4:4. _REMEMBER YE THE LAW OF MOSES_] Where all these things are predicted. The _Septuagint, Arabic_, and _Coptic_, place this verse the last.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Malachi 4:5. _BEHOLD, I WILL SEND YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET_] This is meant alone of John the Baptist, as we learn from Luke 1:17, (where see the note,) in whose spirit and power he came.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Malachi 4:6. _AND HE SHALL TURN_ (CONVERT) _THE HEART OF THE FATHERS_ (על al, WITH)_ THE CHILDREN_] Or, together with the children; both old and young. _Lest I come, and_, finding them unconverted, _smite the land with a curse_, חרם cherem, utter extinction. So we find that, had the Jews turne... [ Continue Reading ]