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Verse Malachi 1:4. _THEY SHALL BUILD, BUT I WILL THROW DOWN_] We have
already seen enough of the wickedness of the _Edomites_ to justify the
utmost severity of Divine justice against them. The _pullin...
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WHEREAS EDOM SAITH - o.
WE ARE IMPOVERISHED - o, ידשׁשׁ.), or, more probably, “we were
crushed.” Either gives an adequate sense. Human self-confidence will
admit anything, as to the past; nay, will ev...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
1. Jehovah's Love for His People
CHAPTER 1:1-5
The message of Malachi begins with the sublime statement, “I have
loved you, saith Jehovah.” It is the message to Israel. This...
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YAHWEH'S LOVE FOR ISRAEL. This truth is questioned by some of the
prophet's contemporaries, who are then reminded of the contrasted
fortunes of the nations descended from Jacob and Esau. These peoples...
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IMPOVERISHED: or, beaten down.
SAITH hath said.
THE LORD OF HOSTS. This expression occurs twenty four times in this
prophecy, and gives its character to the whole, as in Zechariah.
BORDER: or, terr...
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Malachi 1:2-5. Introductory Appeal
These verses form an exordium to the whole Book. The ungrateful
disposition of the people and the unchanging love of God are in view
in all that follows....
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_impoverished_ Rather (with R.V. text, and so in Jeremiah 5:17),
BEATEN DOWN. "So Ephraim said of old -in the pride and stoutness of
heart, The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn ston...
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_GOD CONTINUED TO LOVE HIS PEOPLE -- MALACHI 1:1-5:_ The Jews had
become disobedient in their sacrifices and in their living. Malachi
pictured the fact that God continued to love them even in their
re...
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THEY SHALL BUILD, &C.— "The Edomites may rebuild their cities, but
the Lord will raise against them the Maccabees, who shall subject
them, and constrain them to receive circumcision, and the other law...
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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...
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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build
the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build,
but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border...
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Jehovah's Love and His People's Ingratitude
1. Burden] RM 'oracle'; properly, 'that which is lifted up,' hence in
this connexion 'utterance'; but with play on other meaning 'burden' in
Jeremiah 23...
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WE ARE IMPOVERISHED] RV 'we are beaten down.' The text is somewhat
uncertain: cp. Isaiah 9:10. THUS SAITH THE LORD] In Heb. 'to think' is
often represented by the verb 'to say.' A Hebrew does not hesi...
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MY *MESSENGER
MALACHI
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 1
V1 The *LORD sent this message to Israel by means of his servant
Malachi.
NOTES
Verse 1 Malachi wrote his book in the Hebrew language. The He...
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WHEREAS ... SAITH. — Better, _If Edom say._
WE ARE IMPOVERISHED. — Better, _we are broken to pieces._ Edom’s
ineffectual attempts to restore itself will be looked on as proofs of
God’s wrath against...
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1. GOD'S LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HATRED OF EDOM
Malachi 1:2
He begins with God's Love, and in answer to the disappointed people's
cry, "Wherein hast Thou loved us?" he does not, as the older prophets
did...
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Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:1
PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW
"MALACHI" 1-4
BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of
"Malachi." They contain many things of perennial i...
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SINCERITY OF WORSHIP SOUGHT
Malachi 1:1-14
The love referred to in these opening Malachi 1:1-5, was exemplified
in the divine choice, that through Israel the whole world might be
blessed. Hate does n...
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After the introductory word, which really constitutes the title page
of the prophecy, the message begins almost abruptly with the tender
and sensitive word of Jehovah to His people, "I have loved you....
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_Down, by the Machabees, who forced the people to receive
circumcision, 1 Machabees v. 3. (Calmet) --- At that time the Jews
were more pious, and glorified God. (Haydock) --- Ever. God's
gratuitous lo...
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The Apostle to the Hebrews explains this account of Esau, who is said
to be a fornicator, and a profane person Hebrews 12:16 left to a
dissolute mind, being rejected, or as this scripture speaks, hate...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The Lord has not been pleased to give us much express information of
the prophets in general, with the exception of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and
Daniel, and in a me...
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And to the same purpose he adds, _If Edom shall say, We have been
diminished, but we shall return and build houses; but if they build, I
will pull down, saith God_. He confirms what I have stated, tha...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The prophecy of Malachi deals with the people brought back from the
captivity of Babylon, and is most important as shewing the moral
condition of...
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WHEREAS EDOM SAITH, WE ARE IMPOVERISHED,.... Or the Idumeans, as the
Targum; the posterity of Esau, who acknowledge themselves greatly
reduced by the desolations made in their country, cities, towns,...
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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build
the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build,
but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border o...
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_Edom saith, We are empoverished_, [or, _brought low,_] _but we will
return and build the desolate places_ This they accordingly did, as we
learn from the history of those times; and undoubtedly thoug...
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GOD'S PECULIAR LOVE FOR ISRAEL...
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Whereas Edom saith, or, "Although Edom should say," in an attempt to
set aside the ruling of the Lord, WE ARE IMPOVERISHED, ruined, BUT WE
WILL RETURN AND BUILD THE DESOLATE PLACES, rebuild the ruins,...
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1-5 All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual
privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one to differ
from another. All the evils sinners feel and fear, are the just...
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WE ARE IMPOVERISHED: here the prophet introduceth Edom reflecting on
its present low condition, and taking up resolutions of bettering
their condition: We are now, as the Jews were five years before,...
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Malachi 1:4 Edom H123 said H559 (H8799) impoverished H7567 (H8795)
return H7725 (H8799) build H1129 ...
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THE LOVE OF YHWH FOR JACOB, AND HIS HATRED FOR ESAU (MALACHI 1:2).
YHWH now makes a positive affirmation of love for His people Israel
(Jacob). This love had often been affirmed by previous prophets....
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EDOM
That is, Esau's descendants.
See (Genesis 25:30)....
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's love for Israel. The sins of the priests and
hypocrisy of the people.
CHARACTERS: God, Malachi, Jacob, Esau.
CONCLUSION: God would have His people know that He loves them,
therefo...
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Malachi 1:1. _The word of the Lord by Malachi,_ my angel, my
messenger, or the messenger of the Lord. Malachi flourished after the
second temple was built, and about four hundred and twenty years
befo...
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_They shall build, but I will throw down._
FOOLISH BUILDERS
To separate our lives from God is folly; to live in opposition to Him
is madness. Many not only disregard Him, but also oppose Him.
I. Wh...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 1:2 First Dispute: Are God’s People Still
Special in His Sight? Malachi answers the doubts of the people who
question God’s love because of Israel’s many current problems....
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Malachi 1:4. Edom] cannot recover herself. Her perpetual ruins
illustrate love to Israel rather than to her. BORDER] still the resort
of marauding tribes of the desert. INDIGNATION] C...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] BURDEN] (Massa) A heavy vision full of toil and
weight. “What is the burden of the Lord?” was asked scoffingly
from the prophets. As a punishment for the blasphemy of the people,
God...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1:1-2:9
Part I. REPROOF OF THE PRIESTS FOR NEGLECT OF DIVINE SERVICE.
MALACHI 1:1
§ 1_. Heading and author. _THE BURDEN ...
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Now let's turn to Malachi, the final word of God in the Old Testament
period. God's final message before the coming of Jesus Christ.
Who Malachi was, where he came from, we know nothing. Some believe...
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Amos 6:2; Ezekiel 11:10; Ezekiel 25:14; Ezekiel 35:9; Isaiah 10:15;...
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VITAL QUESTIONS
Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response,
instead of a direct answer, the chosen people, Israel, ask...
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Throw down — So he did in the times of the Maccabees. The border of
wickedness — They will be a most wicked people, and so notorious,
that all their neighbours shall brand them for it. Hath indignatio...