CHAPTER XLIV
DENUNCIATION OF UNFAITHFULNESS
SUPERSCRIPTION. Malachi 1:1
RV. The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
LXX. The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his
messenger. Lay it, I pray you, to heart.
COMMENTS
Malachi begins with the prophet's usual cla... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD LOVES ISRAEL. Malachi 1:2-5
RV. I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou
loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved
Jacob; but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave
his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness. Whereas Edom sai... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9
RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am
a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear?
saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And
ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name... [ Continue Reading ]