Malachi 1-4 - From the Rising of the Sun Even to Its Setting

Yahweh’s Love for Jacob

Mal 1:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "I have loved you," says Yahweh. But you say, "How have You loved us?" "[Was] not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares Yahweh. "Yet I have loved Jacob; 

[3] but I have hated Esau, and I have set his mountains [to be] a desolation and his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness."

Rom 9:11-16 LSB - 

[11] for though [the twins] were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to [His] choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, 

[12] it was said to her, "THE OLDER SHALL SERVE THE YOUNGER." 

[13] Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." 

[14] What shall we say then? Is there any unrighteousness with God? May it never be! 

[15] For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." 

[16] So then it [does] not [depend] on the one who wills or the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.

 

The Priests Defile Yahweh

Mal 1:11 LSB - [11] "For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name [will be] great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be presented to My name, as well as a grain offering [that is] clean; for My name [will be] great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.

Isa 45:1, 5-7 LSB - 

[1] Thus says Yahweh to Cyrus His anointed,

Whom I have taken hold of by his right hand,

To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings,

To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: ... 

[5] "I am Yahweh, and there is no other;

Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me, 

[6] That they may know from the rising to the setting of the sun

That there is no one besides Me.

I am Yahweh, and there is no other, 

[7] The One forming light and creating darkness,

Producing peace and creating calamity;

I am Yahweh who does all these.

 

I Will Curse Your Blessings

Mal 2:2 LSB - [2] "If you do not listen, and if you do not set it upon [your] heart to give honor to My name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them [already] because you are not setting [it] upon [your] heart.

Judah Profaned the Covenant

Mal 2:14-16 LSB - 

[14] "But you say, 'For what reason?' Because Yahweh has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 

[15] "But not one has done [so], even [one] who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did [that] one [do] while he was seeking a godly seed? Be careful then to keep your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth. 

[16] "For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says Yahweh of hosts. "Be careful then to keep your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously."

The Messenger and the Lord

Mal 3:1 LSB - [1] "Behold, I am going to 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 Yahweh of hosts.

Isa 40:3 LSB - [3] A voice is calling, "Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

 

You Have Robbed God

Mal 3:8 LSB - [8] "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and contributions.

Arrogant Words

The Book of Remembrance

Mal 3:16-18 LSB - 

[16] Then those who feared Yahweh spoke to one another, and Yahweh gave heed and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear Yahweh and who think upon His name. 

[17] "And they will be Mine," says Yahweh of hosts, "on the day that I prepare [My] own treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him." 

[18] So you will return and see [the distinction] between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

The Great Day of Yahweh

Mal 4:2 LSB - [2] "But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

Mal 4:5-6 LSB - [5] "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh. 

[6] "And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to [their] children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land, devoting it to destruction."

Joe 2:31 LSB - [31] "The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of Yahweh comes.