Malachi 1:1-14
1 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 23:33 (RM).... [ Continue Reading ]
1 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 23:33 (RM).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREIN HAST thou LOVED US?] i.e. 'Wherein hast thou shewn thy love?' So in Malachi 1:3, I HATED ESAU means 'I have shewn myself hostile to Esau' 'Esau' and 'Jacob' here stand for the nations Edom and Israel, not for the patriarMalachi 3. The desolation of Edom here referred to had been already add... [ Continue Reading ]
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 hesitate to represent what he believes to be true, and therefore the 'thought' of Jehovah, as 'spoken' b... [ Continue Reading ]
, THE LORD WILL BE (RV 'be') MAGNIFIED] The Heb. may express either a prayer, as in Psalms 40:16, or a statement. Here the meaning is probably that Jehovah habitually manifests His greatness. From (more literally 'above') THE BORDER] Jehovah's activity is not confined to Jerusalem. 6. The priests... [ Continue Reading ]
POLLUTED] i.e. not actually unclean, but worthless, common: cp. Ezra 2:62. BREAD] sacrificial offerings generally: cp. Leviticus 21:6. TABLE] the altar, not merely the table of shewbread. 8. Cp. Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:1; Leviticus 22:20. BLIND.. LAME.. SICK] i.e. animals unlawful for sac... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS HATH BEEN, etc.] Translate the latter part of this verse partly corrected from LXX: 'When this hath been done by you, shall I accept,' etc. 10. RV 'Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle _FIRE ON_ mine altar in vain!' i.e. Sacrifices so offered are... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shall be_ (RV 'is') GREAT] Jehovah does not need the worthless worship of lip-serving Jews, for even among the Gentiles, who are accounted heathen, He has those who worship Him: cp. Acts 10:34; Acts 10:35. INCENSE _SHALL BE_ (RV 'is') OFFERED] The sacrifices of the Gentiles, when offered with since... [ Continue Reading ]