Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom ye take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Exodus 23:20And, behold, I send my angel before thy face, that he may keep thee in the way, that he may bring thee into the land which I have prepared for thee.
Psalms 110:1Alleluia. 1 I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, 1 In the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 1
Isaiah 9:6His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
Isaiah 40:10Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and his arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Hosea 12:3And the Lord has a controversy with Judah, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him.
Malachi 2:7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:1
In this chapter we have, I. A promise of the coming of the Messiah, and of his forerunner; and the errand he comes upon is here particularly described, both the comfort which his coming brings to his church and people and the terror which it will bring to the wicked, ver. 1-6 . II. A reproof of the Jews for their corrupting God's ordinances and sacrilegiously robbing him of his dues, with a charge to them to amend this matter, and a promise that, if they did, God would return in mercy to them, ver. 7-12 . III. A… Read the whole commentary →