Malachi 1:6
A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
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5And your eyes will see it; and you will say, The Lord is great even outside the limits of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 4:22And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
Leviticus 19:3Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 32:6Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
Isaiah 1:2Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:2-6
Malachi God's prophets were his witnesses to his church, each in his day, for several ages, witnesses for him and his authority, witnesses against sin and sinners, attesting the true intents of God's providences in his dealings with his people then and the kind intentions of his grace concerning his church in the days of the Messiah, to whom all the prophets bore witness, for they all agreed in their testimony; and now we have only one witness more to call, and we have done with our evidence; and though he be the… Read the whole commentary →