Bible Commentary

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 return? Ch. Mal 3:7 to Mal 4:3. Renewed Rebukes, Threatenings and Promises Ch. Mal 3:7-12. Rebuke … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:7”

For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 6. For I am the Lord, I change not ] Rather: For I, the Lord, change not: therefore (lit. and) ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed. The unchangeableness of Him, whose name, Jehovah, “ I am,” is the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:6”

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:5”

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. 4. former ] i.e., as margin and R.V., ancient. See ch. Mal 2:5-6; Jer 2:2-3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Then (And) shall the offering of Judah and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:4”

And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 3. he shall sit ] The expression gives “pictorial effect” (Hengst.) to the description. Comp. “He shall stand … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:3”

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 2. a refiner’s fire ] Comp. Mat 3:12. fullers’ sope ] “The process of fulling or cleansing cloth, so far as it may be gathered from the practice … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:2”

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. Mal 3:1 . God Himself takes up ( Mal 3:1-6) … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 3:1”

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment? Ch. Mal 2:17 to Mal 3:6. Rebuke of the people for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 2:17”

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 16. the God of Israel ] who has given them His law. His relation to the people aggravates their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 2:16”

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 15. did not he make one?] The interpretation of this very difficult verse follows … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Malachi 2:15”