Malachi 1:4
Although Edom say, “We are ruined, Yet will we build again the desolate places.” Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They may build, but I will throw down; And men shall call them “The impious land, The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation forever.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5And your eyes shall see it, and ye shall say, “Great is Jehovah beyond the borders of Israel!”
Cross References
Job 9:4He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Job 34:29When he giveth rest, who can cause trouble? And when he hideth his face, Who can behold him?
Psalms 127:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By Solomon.” Except the LORD build the house, The builders labor in vain; Except the LORD guard the city, The watchman waketh in vain.
Proverbs 21:30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.
Isaiah 10:4Forsaken by me, they shall sink down among the prisoners, And fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 11:14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines at the sea; Together shall they plunder the children of the East; On Edom and Moab shall they lay their hand, And the sons of Ammon shall be subject to them.
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 →