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Verse Malachi 3:12. _ALL NATIONS SHALL CALL YOU BLESSED_] They shall
see that a peculiar blessing of God rests upon you, and your _land_
_shall be delightsome_; like _Paradise_, the _garden of the Lor...
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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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_call you blessed_ or _happy_, R.V., as in Malachi 3:15.
μακαριοῦσιν ὑμᾶς, LXX. Comp. μακαριοῦσι
με, Luke 1:48, and James 5:11....
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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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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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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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Comp. Zechariah 7:14; Zechariah 8:13; also Isaiah 62:4; Daniel 11:16....
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וְ אִשְּׁר֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם כָּל ־הַ
גֹּויִ֑ם כִּֽ
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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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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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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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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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This verse is taken from the law, in which among other things God
promises so happy a state to his chosen people, that the nations
themselves would acknowledge in them the blessing of God. There is ye...
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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 ALL NATIONS SHALL CALL YOU BLESSED,.... When they shall see the
land freed from the devouring locust, and other hurtful creatures; the
former and the latter rains given in their season, and the ea...
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And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome
land, saith the LORD of hosts.
Ver. 12. _And all nations shall call you blessed_] viz. For the
abundance of outward comforts and...
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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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And all nations shall call you blessed, praising them for the obvious
blessings which they enjoyed as a gift of Jehovah; FOR YE SHALL BE A
DELIGHTSOME LAND, an object of pleasure, SAITH THE LORD OF HO...
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THE PEOPLE REBUKED...
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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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ALL NATIONS, all that are about you, that know you, and see God's
dealings with you, shall call you blessed; praise the state and
condition you are in, and pronounce you to be a very happy people,
who...
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Malachi 3:12 nations H1471 blessed H833 (H8765) delightful H2656 land
H776 Says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts...
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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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_Ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts._
THE DELIGHTSOME LAND
It is not necessary to inquire minutely into the original application
of these words. Enough that Christianity belongs...
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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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2 Chronicles 32:23; Daniel 11:41; Daniel 8:9; Deuteronomy 11:12;...
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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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All nations — All that are about you. A delightsome land — The
revival of religion in a land, will make it delight — some, both to
God, and to all good men....