Revised Literal Translation
Malachi 1:1
Malachi 1:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
- New International Version (NIV)A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
Context of Malachi 1:1
The burden of the word of Yhwh to Israel by Malachi. 2I have loved you, saith Yhwh. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Yhwh: yet I loved Jacob, 3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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מַשָּׂ֥א דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּיַ֖ד מַלְאָכִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Malachi 1:1
- Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
- Habakkuk 1:1The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
- Zechariah 9:1The burden of the word of Yhwh in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward Yhwh.
- Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of Yhwh for Israel, saith Yhwh, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
- Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Yhwh by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
- Haggai 2:1In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of Yhwh by the prophet Haggai, saying,
Commentaries on Malachi 1:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi - This prophet is undoubtedly the last of the Jewish prophets. He lived after Zechariah and Haggai; for we find that the temple, which was begun in their time, was standing complete in his. See Malachi 3:10. Some have thought that he was contemporary with Nehemiah; indeed, several have supposed that Malachi, is no other than Ezra under the feigned name of angel of the Lord, or my angel. John the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel - o“The word of the Lord is heavy, because it is called a burden, yet it hath something of consolation, because it is not against,‘ but to Israel. For it is one thing when we write to this or that person; another, when we write against‘ this or that person; the one being the part of friendship, the other, the open admission of enmity.” “By the hand of Malachi;” through him, as the instrument of God, deposited…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Malachi was the last of the prophets, and is supposed to have prophesied B.C. 420. He reproves the priests and the people for the evil practices into which they had fallen, and invites them to repentance and reformation, with promises of the blessings to be bestowed at the coming of the Messiah. And now that prophecy was to cease, he speaks clearly of the Messiah, as nigh at hand, and directs the people of God to keep in rememberance the law of Moses…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1This is the burden of the word (literally An Oracle: The message) of the LORD to Israel: This introduction shows that the book of Malachi is an important message from God. It identifies the author and audience but not the date or reason. The word oracle gives Malachi's message authority and urgency. His audience was expected to listen and respond.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1Malachi forms the transition link between the two dispensations, the Old and the New, "the skirt and boundary of Christianity" [Tertullian], to which perhaps is due the abrupt earnestness which characterizes his prophecies. His very name is somewhat uncertain. Malachi is the name of an office, rather than a person, "My messenger," and as such is found in Mal 3:1. The Septuagint favors this view in Mal 1:1; translate, not "by Malachi," but "by the hand of…Read the comment
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- 1. Malachi 1:1 by…: Heb. by the hand of. ↩
Commentaries on Malachi 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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