Malachi 1
Lutheran reading notes
In Malachi chapter 1, the prophetic message develops the theme of renewal of covenant faithfulness and promise of the coming messenger. Lutheran interpretation often highlights the contrast between divine judgment against sin and the promise of grace that God provides for those who trust in Him.
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The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. {by...: Heb. by the hand of}
Malachi 1:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? {Was} not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Malachi 1:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Malachi 1:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
Malachi 1:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. {from: or, upon: Heb. from upon}
Malachi 1:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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A son honoureth {his} father, and a servant his master: if then I {be} a father, where {is} mine honour? and if I {be} a master, where {is} my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Malachi 1:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD {is} contemptible. {offer...: or, bring unto, etc}
Malachi 1:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, {is it} not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, {is it} not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. {for: Heb. to}
Malachi 1:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. {God: Heb. the face of God} {by...: Heb. from your hand}
Malachi 1:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Who {is there} even among you that would shut the doors {for nought}? neither do ye kindle {fire} on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Malachi 1:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name {shall be} great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense {shall be} offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name {shall be} great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 1:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD {is} polluted; and the fruit thereof, {even} his meat, {is} contemptible.
Malachi 1:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness {is it}! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought {that which was} torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. {and ye have...: or, whereas ye might have blown it away}
Malachi 1:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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But cursed {be} the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I {am} a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name {is} dreadful among the heathen. {which...: Heb. in whose flock is}
Malachi 1:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.