Malachi 1:4

Whereas Edom, may say, We are laid waste, but we will again build the desolate places, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, They, may build, but, I, will pull down,— and men shall call them, The Boundary of Lawlessness, and, The people with whom Yahweh hath indignation unto times age-abiding;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

In Context

3And, Esau, have I hated,— and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance [a dwelling] for the jackals of the wilderness.

5And, your own eyes, shall see,—and, ye yourselves, shall say, Yahweh, be magnified, beyond the boundary of Israel.

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Cross References

Job 9:4Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

Job 34:29When, he, giveth quiet, who then shall condemn? And, when he hideth [his] face, who then shall sing of him? whether unto a nation or unto mankind altogether,

Psalms 127:1If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake:

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.

Isaiah 10:4Without me, one hath bowed under a prisoner Yea under the slain, do they fall! For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched.

Isaiah 11:14But they shall fly on the wing of the Philistines in the west, Together, shall they make prey of the sons of the east,—On Edom and Moab, putting forth their hand, With the sons of Ammon hearkening unto 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 →

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