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1 The1 burden of the word of the Lord to Israel2 by Malachi. 

Israel Beloved of God

2 “Ia have loved you,” says the Lord.
“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
Says the Lord.
“Yet bJacob I have loved; 
3 But Esau I have hated,
And alaid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.” 
4 Even though Edom has said,
“We have been impoverished,
But we will return and build the desolate places,” Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“They may build, but I will athrow down;
They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever. 
5 Your eyes shall see,
And you shall say,
a‘The Lord is magnified beyond the border of Israel.’ 

Polluted Offerings

6 “A son ahonors his father,
And a servant his master.
bIf then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
cYet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’ 
7 “You offer adefiled food on My altar,
But say,
‘In what way have we defiled You?’
By saying,
b‘The table of the Lord is1 contemptible.’ 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Malachi 1:1

GOD'S LOVE: ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDE: THE PRIESTS' MERCENARY SPIRIT: A GENTILE SPIRITUAL PRIESTHOOD SHALL SUPERSEDE THEM. (Malachi 1:1-14)

burden—heavy sentence.

to Israel—represented now by the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with individuals of the ten tribes who had returned with the Jews from Babylon. So "Israel" is used, Ezra 7:10. Compare II Chronicles 21:2, "Jehoshaphat king of Israel," where Judah, rather than the ten tribes, is regarded as the truest representative of Israel (compare II Chronicles 12:6; II Chronicles 28:19).

Malachi—see Introduction. God sent no prophet after him till John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, in order to enflame His people with the more ardent desire for Him, the great antitype and fulfiller of prophecy.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Malachi 1:1:

Jeremiah 23:33
Malachi 1:1
Malachi 1:2

 

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