Malachi 1:5

1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified ¹  even beyond the border of Israel!’”

Malachi 1:12

1:12 “But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings ²  despicable.

Malachi 3:6

Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness

3:6 “Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, ³  you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

¹ tn Or “Great is the Lord” (so NAB; similar NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “fruit.” The following word “food” in the Hebrew text (אָכְלוֹ, ’okhlo) appears to be an explanatory gloss to clarify the meaning of the rare word נִיב (niv, “fruit”; see Isa 57:19 Qere; נוֹב, nov, “fruit,” in Kethib). Cf. ASV “the fruit thereof, even its food.” In this cultic context the reference is to the offerings on the altar.

³ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.