For, behold, the day cometh, that shall (a) burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (a) He prophesies of God's judgments against the wi... [ Continue Reading ]
But unto you that fear my name shall the (b) Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go (c) forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (b) Meaning, Christ, who with his wings or beams of his grace would enlighten and comfort his Church; (Ephesians 5:14). And he is called... [ Continue Reading ]
(d) Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, [with] the statutes and judgments. (d) Because the time had come that the Jews would be destitute of Prophets until the time of Christ, because they should with more fervent minds desire his coming, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will send you (e) Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and (f) dreadful day of the LORD: (e) This Christ interprets of John the Baptist, who both for his zeal, and restoring or religion, is aptly compared to Elijah; (Matthew 11:13). (f) Which as it is true for the wicked, so... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall (g) turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and (h) smite the earth with a curse. (g) He shows in what John's office would consist: in the turning of men to God, and uniting the father and children in one voice of faith... [ Continue Reading ]