Malachi 1:5

You will see this destruction with your own eyes, and you will say, “The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.”

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In The King James Version

And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.

In Context

4The people of Edom may be saying: “We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says, They may try and build, but I will tear down. They will be called a land of wickedness, and the people those who make the Lord angry forever.

6A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. So if I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who show contempt for me. But you ask, “How have we shown contempt for you?”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:7You saw with your own eyes all the amazing things that the Lord has done.

1 Samuel 12:16Now stand still and watch what the Lord is going to do, right before your very eyes.

Psalms 35:26Make them totally ashamed, all those who are happy for the trouble I'm in. Let those who are celebrating over me be covered with shame and dishonor.

Psalms 83:17Make them ashamed, terrify them forever so that they die in disgrace.

Ezekiel 38:23I will demonstrate my true power and holiness, revealing myself to many nations. Then they will acknowledge that I am the Lord.”

Micah 5:4He will stand up and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. They will live in safety because his greatness is recognized all over the world.

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 →

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