Category: Malachi

Malachi 2:12 is about how the people of Israel have committed treachery by marrying women who worship foreign gods, breaking the covenant with their God. 12 May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts! Setting the…

10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. Setting the Scene…

1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.” 2 But who can endure the day of his coming,…

6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. Setting the Scene for Malachi 3:6 The scene in Malachi chapter 3 is set in the temple of Jerusalem, a place of great significance for the Jewish people. The prophet Malachi is addressing the people of Israel, conveying…

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. 2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob” 3 “but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country…

1 “And now, O priests, this command is for you.” 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them,…

1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.” Setting the Scene for Malachi 3:1 The scene in Malachi…