For, behold, the day cometh, that shall 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. Ver. 1. _For, behold, the day cometh_] This chapter sho... [ Continue Reading ]
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. Ver. 2. _But unto you that fear my name_] What shall be the condition of graceless persons hath been said already. Now, for the righteous, that t... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 3. _And ye shall tread down the wicked_] Christ, the champion of his Church, hath already won the field, and will shortly set his people's feet u... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, [with] the statutes and judgments. Ver. 4. _Remember ye the law of Moses_] viz. Now henceforth, in the end of prophecy, for Malachi knew that after him until the days of John Baptist no prophet should arise... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: Ver. 5. _Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet_] Not Elijah the Tishbite, as the Septuagint corruptly read; and the Popish expositors make no small use of it, to prove that the Pope is not a... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Ver. 6. _And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, &c._] John Baptist's office and efficacy is here described; he shall, as a... [ Continue Reading ]