Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Malachi 1

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Malachi 1 . 1 , Malachi complains of Israel’s unkindness; Malachi 1 . 2 , of their irreligiousness and profaneness.

Malachi 1:1

This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

Malachi 1:1 · BSB

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Heb. by the hand of

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Malachi 1:2

"I have loved you," says the LORD. But you ask, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved,

Malachi 1:2 · BSB

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The prophet shows inMalachi 1 . 2-5 , how much Jacob and the Israelites were favoured by Jehovah , more than Esau and the Edomites. Through every period of the history of Jacob's posterity , they could not deny that God had remarkably appeared on their behalf; but he had rendered the heritage of Esau's descendants , by wars and various other means , barren and waste forever

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Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."

Malachi 1:3 · BSB

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Malachi 1:4

Though Edom may say, "We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins," this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Malachi 1:4 · BSB

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Malachi 1:5

You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, 'The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.'"

Malachi 1:5 · BSB

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from or , upon , Heb. from upon

Malachi 1:6

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?" says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. "But you ask, 'How have we despised Your name?'

Malachi 1:6 · BSB

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Malachi 1:7

By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled You?' By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

Malachi 1:7 · BSB

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Ye offer etc. or , Bring unto my , etc

Malachi 1:8

When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:8 · BSB

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or accept6 parallels

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for sacrifice Heb. to sacrifice

Malachi 1:9

"But ask now for God's favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?" asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:9 · BSB

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Heb. the face of God

will he4 parallels

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by your means Heb. from your hand

Malachi 1:10

"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you," says the LORD of Hosts, "and I will accept no offering from your hands.

Malachi 1:10 · BSB

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neither1 parallel

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Who Instead of mi "who ," one manuscript (30; K) with the LXX reads ki "surely ," which is adopted by Houbigant and Abp. Newcome , who renders , "Surely the doors shall be closed against you , neither shall ye kindle the fire of my altar in vain."

Malachi 1:11

For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:11 · BSB

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As the preceding #### Verse was a prediction of the abolition of the Levitical priesthood , so this is a prophecy of the conversion of the Gentiles , and the spiritual priesthood of the Gospel times. As none but priests of Aaron's race might burn incense before Jehovah , a total change of the external administration of the sacred ordinances is evidently predicted

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Malachi 1:12

"But you profane it when you say, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.'

Malachi 1:12 · BSB

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Malachi 1:13

You also say: 'Oh, what a nuisance!' And you turn up your nose at it," says the LORD of Hosts. "You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?" asks the LORD.

Malachi 1:13 · BSB

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and ye have snuffed at it or , whereas ye might have blown it away

Malachi 1:14

"But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King," says the LORD of Hosts, "and My name is to be feared among the nations.

Malachi 1:14 · BSB

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or , in whose flock is

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web21 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Malachi 1:13 → Deuteronomy 15:21, Malachi 1:2 → Deuteronomy 7:8, Malachi 1:2-3 → Deuteronomy 7:8, Malachi 1:2-3 → Genesis 25:23, Malachi 1:6 → Deuteronomy 5:16, Malachi 1:6 → Exodus 20:12, Malachi 1:6 → Leviticus 22:17, Malachi 1:6 → Numbers 6:23, Malachi 1:6-2 → Leviticus 22:17-25, Malachi 1:6-2 → Numbers 6:23-27, Malachi 1:8 → Deuteronomy 15:21
Echoes 1 Timothy 2:8 → Malachi 1:11
Trajectories
Church as Israel (New Covenant People), Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election), Esau (The Profane Person), Jacob (Transformed Supplanter), Name of God (Revelation of Divine Character), Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)
Chiasms
Shaped Malachi 1:14–2:5, Malachi 1:6–14, Malachi 1:8–11
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