Malachi 3:1
Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me,— and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts.
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Exodus 23:20Lo! I, am sending a messenger before thee, to guard thee in the way,—and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Psalms 110:1The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord—Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Isaiah 9:6For, A Child, hath been born to us, A Son, hath been given to us, And the dominion is upon his shoulder,—And his Name hath been called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty GOD, Father of Futurity, Prince of Prosperity.
Isaiah 40:10Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, as a mighty one, doth come, And, his own arm, is about to rule for him,—Lo! his reward, is with him, And, his recompense, before him;
Hosea 12:3In the womb, took he his brother by the heel; and, in his manly vigour, strove he with God:
Malachi 2:7For, the lips of a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth,— for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is.
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 →