Malachi 1:11

1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” ¹  says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 1:6

The Sacrilege of Priestly Service

1:6 “A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects ²  his master. If I am your ³  father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, ‘How have we made light of your name?’

Malachi 4:2

4:2 But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication ⁴  will rise with healing wings, ⁵  and you will skip about ⁶  like calves released from the stall.

Malachi 3:16

3:16 Then those who respected ⁷  the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. ⁸  A scroll ⁹  was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Malachi 2:5

2:5 “My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me.

Malachi 1:14

1:14 “There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” ¹⁰  says the Lord who rules over all, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”

Malachi 2:2

2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously ¹¹  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ¹²  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

Malachi 3:12

3:12 “All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in ¹³  a delightful land,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 1:7

1:7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, ‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table ¹⁴  of the Lord as if it is of no importance!

Malachi 1:12

1:12 “But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings ¹⁵  despicable.

Malachi 1:4

1:4 Edom ¹⁶  says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all ¹⁷  responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as ¹⁸  the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.

[1:11]  ¹ sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the Lord contrasts the unbelief and virtual paganism of the postexilic community with the conversion and obedience of the nations that will one day worship the God of Israel.

[1:6]  ² tn The verb “respects” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. It is understood by ellipsis (see “honors” in the preceding line).

[1:6]  ³ tn The pronoun “your” is supplied in the translation for clarification (also a second time before “master” later in this verse).

[4:2]  ³ tn Here the Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah), usually translated “righteousness” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT; cf. NAB “justice”), has been rendered as “vindication” because it is the vindication of God’s people that is in view in the context. Cf. BDB 842 s.v. צְדָקָה 6; “righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.”

[4:2]  ⁴ sn The point of the metaphor of healing wings is unclear. The sun seems to be compared to a bird. Perhaps the sun’s “wings” are its warm rays. “Healing” may refer to a reversal of the injury done by evildoers (see Mal 3:5).

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “you will go out and skip about.”

[3:16]  ⁴ tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”

[3:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”

[3:16]  ⁶ sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the Lord keeps an ongoing record of the names of all the redeemed (see Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:12-15).

[1:14]  ⁵ sn The epithet great king was used to describe the Hittite rulers on their covenant documents and so, in the covenant ideology of Malachi, is an apt description of the Lord.

[2:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”

[3:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “will be” (so NAB, NRSV); TEV “your land will be a good place to live in.”

[1:7]  ⁸ sn The word table, here a synonym for “altar,” has overtones of covenant imagery in which a feast shared by the covenant partners was an important element (see Exod 24:11). It also draws attention to the analogy of sitting down at a common meal with the governor (v. 8).

[1:12]  ⁹ 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.

[1:4]  ¹⁰ sn Edom, a “brother” nation to Israel, became almost paradigmatic of hostility toward Israel and God (see Num 20:14-21; Deut 2:8; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Amos 1:11-12; Obad 10-12).

[1:4]  ¹¹ sn The epithet Lord who rules over all occurs frequently as a divine title throughout Malachi (24 times total). This name (יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, yÿhvah tsÿva’ot), traditionally translated “Lord of hosts” (so KJV, NAB, NASB; cf. NIV NLT “Lord Almighty”; NCV, CEV “Lord All-Powerful”), emphasizes the majestic sovereignty of the Lord, an especially important concept in the postexilic world of great human empires and rulers. For a thorough study of the divine title, see T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 123-57.

[1:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and they will call them.” The third person plural subject is indefinite; one could translate, “and people will call them.”