Malachi 3:13

Malachi 3:13 to Malachi 4:3 The righteous judgment of God

13. have been stout See Malachi 2:17. Comp. Job 21:14-15; Judges 15.

so much Omit so muchhere, and often, Malachi 3:16. The force of the Hebrew conjugation is "reciprocal" (Gesen.), to speak "together", or "one with another". Comp. Psalms 119:23; Ezekiel 33:30.

It was not the perplexed questioning of a devout heart (Psalms 73), nor the secret cogitation of an ungodly heart (Psalms 14:1), but the open blasphemy of those who "sat in the seat of the scorner" (Psalms 1:1).