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Verse Malachi 3:11. _I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER_] The _locusts_, c.,
shall not come on your crops and those that are in the country I will
disperse and destroy.
_NEITHER SHALL YOUR VINE CAST HER FRUI...
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AND I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER - , the locust, caterpillar, or any
like scourge of God. It might be, that when the rain watered the
fields, the locust or caterpillar etc. might destroy the grain, so
t...
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REBUKE FOR DEFRAUDING THE LORD
CHAPTER 3:7-15
Another rebuke is administered. They were alway a stiff-necked people,
never obedient to His ordinances. His gracious call to return unto
Him, and the pr...
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TITHES AND THE DIVINE BLESSING. The people cannot hope to win God's
favour so long as they Withhold God's dues. When the tithes
(Deuteronomy 12:17 f; Deuteronomy 14:22 *, Numbers 18:21 *,...
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_the devourer_ lit. EATER, i.e. any insect, especially the locust,
that would devour the fruits of the earth. The same verb is used of
the ravages of four insects, "probably different kinds of locusts...
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_THE SIN OF INGRATITUDE -- MALACHI 3:6-12:_ The people did not see
that they had any need to repent. Malachi moved to discuss in more
details two specific sins of the Jews. The first was that they wer...
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THE DEVOURER— _The moth._ Houbigant. Any of those insects are meant
which consume and destroy the corn....
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IF THE PEOPLE WILL RETURN IN DEVOTION TO GOD HE
WILL YET BLESS THEM. Malachi 3:7-12
RV. From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me...
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Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return
unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we
re...
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The Speedy Judgment
1. This v. is closely connected with the preceding. It is the answer
to the question, 'Where is the God of judgment?' The messenger is
evidently a prophet or a succession of pro...
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THE DEVOURER] i.e. locusts: cp. Joel 1:4; Amos 4:2.
13. The godly are here addressed, and in their lack of faith are
reminded that 'the Lord is mindful of His own.'
14. Cp. Psalms 73:13;...
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MY *MESSENGER
MALACHI
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 3
V1 ‘Look at me! I will send my *messenger. He will prepare the way
for me. Then, suddenly, the *Lord that you are looking for will come
to his...
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REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (MALACHI 2:17 TO
MALACHI 3:18).
(17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet
now directs his reproofs against the people...
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FOR YOUR SAKES. — The same word as in Malachi 2:3 : here in a good
sense, there in a bad.
THE DEVOURER — _i.e.,_ the locust, &c.
REBUKE. — Better, _corrupt._ The same word is used as in Malachi
2:3,...
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6. REPENTANCE BY TITHES
Malachi 3:6
This section ought perhaps to follow on to the preceding. Those whom
it blames for not paying the Temple tithes may be the skeptics
addressed in the previous secti...
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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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A PURGING FROM EVIL
Malachi 3:1-12
The opening verses of this chapter stir the heart like the call of a
trumpet. We remember how literally they were fulfilled in the
presentation of our Lord in the T...
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The last division of the Book contains the prophet's announcement of
the coming of Messiah. It falls into three sections, one dealing with
the coming One, one dealing with the Coming Day, and one utte...
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And I will rebuke the (l) devourer for your sakes, and he shall not
destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
(l...
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_Devour; locusts and other vermin. (Menochius) --- Malachias came
later than Aggeus, and probably speaks of a different famine, to which
the Jews were exposed for neglecting to pay tithes. (Calmet) --...
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Read these verses also spiritually, and ask what are the tithes the
Lord hath respect to in what is here said? What can the Lord be
requiring of his creatures, when we know that the earth is the Lord'...
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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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God now again confirms the truth, that he would not in one way only be
bountiful to them. He might indeed distribute to us daily our food, as
we know that he thus fed his people in the wilderness; but...
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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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AND I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR SAKES,.... Or "eater" m; the
locust or caterpillar, or any such devouring creature, that eats up
the herbage, corn, and fruits of trees; every such creature is...
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And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not
destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Ver. 1...
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_Bring ye all the tithes_ Make a punctual and full payment of all
tithes: and in this instance make good your solemn engagement with
Nehemiah, mentioned Nehemiah 10:29. _Into the storehouse_ This was...
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THE PEOPLE REBUKED...
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And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, not permitting the
locusts to devour the crops, to ravage the land, AND HE SHALL NOT
DESTROY THE FRUITS OF YOUR GROUND, all the ordinary field-crops;
NEI...
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Malachi 3:11; Malachi 3:11
destroy:
_ Heb._ corrupt...
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7-12 The men of that generation turned away from God, they had not
kept his ordinances. God gives them a gracious call. But they said,
Wherein shall we return? God notices what returns our hearts mak...
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I WILL REBUKE; lay a restraint upon, or prohibit, and the prohibition
shall be effectual; if God so check, no creature is or dares be deaf
to it; such a check not only quiets the unruly sea, but can d...
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Malachi 3:11 rebuke H1605 (H8804) devourer H398 (H8802) destroy H7843
(H8686) fruit H6529 ground H127 vine...
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YHWH BRINGS A FURTHER CHARGE AGAINST HIS PEOPLE. THEY HAVE FAILED IN
THEIR OFFERING OF TITHES (MALACHI 3:7).
There were no doubt some who could still feel pretty pleased with
themselves. They could in...
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Malachi 3:1. _Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare
the way before me:_
The name Malachi means «my messenger.» The reference here is, of
course, to John the Baptist, who was to prepa...
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CONTENTS: Mission of John the Baptist, and Christ's first advent
foretold. Israel exhorted to return to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Malachi, John the Baptist.
CONCLUSION: Those who deny God His pa...
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Malachi 3:1. _Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the
way before me._ John the baptist, as our Saviour himself expounds this
passage. Matthew 11:7.
_The Lord whom ye seek,_ and for whom...
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MALACHI 3:6 Fifth Dispute: How Shall We Repent? Can a Man Rob God?
Malachi returns to the subject of Israel’s offerings, which he first
addressed in the second dispute (Malachi 1:6). When Israe
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 3:10 God promises that if his people
faithfully present their FULL TITHE, then the desperately needed rain
will come (v. Malachi 3:10). Crop
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Malachi 3:6. I Jehovah] am unchangeable in gifts and calling,
therefore sons of JACOB] (contrasted with Jehovah) will not be
destroyed. “The Divine immutability secured the preservati...
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EXPOSITION
MALACHI 3:1
BEHOLD, I WILL SEND (_I send_) MY MESSENGER. God answers that he is
coming to show himself the God of judgment and justice. Are they ready
to meet him and to bear his sentence?...
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Now the promise of the coming of John the Baptist as the forerunner to
Jesus Christ.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before
me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenl...
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Amos 4:9; Amos 7:1; Deuteronomy 11:14; Habakkuk 3:17; Haggai 2:17;...
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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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THE TITHE CHAPTER
Malachi 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When one reads the Book of Malachi he would think that the Holy Spirit
was writing a message to the churches of the twentieth century,
especially to...
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The devourer — All kind of devourers, the locusts, the canker —
worm, and the caterpillar, which though they are in incredible
multitudes, yet a rebuke from God will check them all at once, as if
they...