Malachi 1:5
Context1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified 1 even beyond the border of Israel!’”
Malachi 1:4
Context1:4 Edom 2 says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all 3 responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as 4 the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.


[1:5] 1 tn Or “Great is the
[1:4] 2 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] 3 sn The epithet
[1:4] 4 tn Heb “and they will call them.” The third person plural subject is indefinite; one could translate, “and people will call them.”