Mal. 1:11| Malachi
| [ par. 1 2 ]
Mal. 1:11 [1]| Meaning the messenger of Jah (Jah being a shortened form of Jehovah), or My messenger (cf. 3:1). The name indicates that Malachi was a messenger of God to minister the word of God to His people Israel.
Mal. 1:11 [2]| The central thought of Malachi’s prophecy is the correcting of the priests among Israel for the coming of Christ as the Messenger of God (3:1a) and the advising of the people of Israel for the appearing of Christ as the Sun of righteousness (4:2).
Mal. 1:2a| loved| Deut. 7:8;| 10:15
Mal. 1:3a| desolation| Jer. 49:18;| Ezek. 25:13-14;| Obad. 10
Mal. 1:41| Edom
| A nation of the descendants of Esau (Gen. 36:1), the twin brother of Jacob.
Mal. 1:51| over
| Here over the territory of Israel means outside that territory. Even though the nation of Edom has been condemned and the people of Edom are the object of God’s indignation, even in Edom, outside Israel, Jehovah will be magnified.
Mal. 1:6a| Father| Deut. 32:6;| Psa. 89:26;| Isa. 63:16;| 64:8
Mal. 1:6b| honor| Exo. 20:12
Mal. 1:6c| Lord| Deut. 9:26;| 10:17;| Psa. 8:1;| Hab. 3:19;| Luke 6:46
Mal. 1:6d| fear| Deut. 6:13;| Job 28:28;| Acts 9:31;| Rev. 15:4
Mal. 1:7a| table| Mal. 1:12;| Ezek. 41:22
Mal. 1:11a| rising| Psa. 113:3;| Isa. 59:19
Mal. 1:12a| table| Mal. 1:7
Mal. 1:14a| blemished| Lev. 22:20
Mal. 1:14b| King| Psa. 47:2