Malachi 3:1
+ 3:1 Matt 11:10 Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom you⌃ seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you⌃ take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, says the Lord Almighty.
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Exodus 23:20And, behold, I send my angel before your face, that he may keep you in the way, that he may bring you into the land which I have prepared for you.
Psalms 110:1I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 1
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: + 9:6 Alex. + Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty One, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come; Compare Heb 2:2. for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.
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 12:3He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.
Malachi 2:7For the priest's lips + 2:7 Gr. shall. 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 →