Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
rising	מִמִּזְרַח mi.miz.rach-	H4217	sunrise · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
sun	שֶׁ֜מֶשׁ She.mesh	H8121	the sun · noun, common both genders singular absolute
down	מְבוֹא֗וֹ me.vo.'O	H3996	an entrance (the place or the act) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שְׁמִי֙ she.Mi	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
great	גָּד֤וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
Gentiles	בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
place	מָק֗וֹם ma.Kom	H4725	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
incense	מֻקְטָ֥ר muk.Tar	H6999	to smoke · verb, hophal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
offered	מֻגָּ֛שׁ mu.Gash	H5066	to be or come (causatively · verb, hophal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
name	לִשְׁמִ֖י lish.Mi	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
pure	טְהוֹרָ֑ה te.ho.Rah	H2889	pure (in a physical · adjective, feminine singular absolute
offering	וּמִנְחָ֣ה u.min.Chah	H4503	a donation · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
name	שְׁמִי֙ she.Mi	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
great	גָד֤וֹל ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
heathen	בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
saith	אָמַ֖ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָאֽוֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he…
Hebrews 13:15-16 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Isaiah 66:19-20 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow,…
Zechariah 8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Psalms 50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalms 72:11-17 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:6–end

The prophet is here, by a special commission, calling the priests to account, though they were themselves appointed judges, to call the people to an account. Let the rulers in the house of God know that there is one above them, who will reckon with them for their mal-administrations. Thus saith the Lord of hosts to you, O priests! Mal 1:6. God will have a saying to unfaithful ministers; and it concerns those who speak from God to his people to hear and heed what he says to them, that they may save themselves in the first place, otherwise how should they help to save those that hear them? It is a severe, and no doubt a just reproof, that is here given to the priests, for the profanation of th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:11

For--Since ye Jewish priests and people "despise My name" (Mal 1:6), I shall find others who will magnify it (Mat 3:9). Do not think I shall have no worshippers because I have not you; for from the east to the west My name shall be great among the Gentiles (Isa 66:19-20), those very peoples whom ye look down upon as abominable. pure offering--not "the blind, the lame, and the sick," such as ye offer (Mal 1:8). "In every place," implies the catholicity of the Christian Church (Joh 4:21, Joh 4:23; Ti1 2:8). The "incense" is figurative of prayers (Psa 141:2; Rev 8:3). "Sacrifice" is used metaphorically (Psa 51:17; Heb 13:10, Heb 13:15-16; Pe1 2:5, Pe1 2:12). In this sense the reference to the…

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John Gill on Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same,.... From east to west, which is all habitable; not so north and south, as Kimchi observes, the extremes of which are not habitable. Abarbinel thinks that in is causal; and that the sense is, because of the motion of the sun in rising and setting, the Gentiles acknowledge God to be the first mover and cause of all things; and who, though they worship the host of heaven, yet ultimately direct their worship to the supreme Being, the Cause of causes; and supposes this to be a reproof of the priests, who might have learnt better even of the very Heathens; but the former is to the true sense, which declares the large extent of tr…

The Church Fathers

For, from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations; and in every place incense is offered unto my name and a pure offering, for my name is great among the nations, saith the Lord Almighty.
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 5

But every Lord's day do ye gather yourselves together, and break bread, and give thanksgiving after having confessed your transgressions, that your sacrifice may be pure. But let no one that is at variance with his fellow come together with you, until they be reconciled, that your sacrifice may not be profaned. For this is that which was spoken by the Lord: In every place and time offer to me a pure sacrifice; for I am a great King, saith the Lord, and my name is wonderful among the nations.
— Didache, The Didache, Chapter 14

It was with bread and wine that Melchizedek, the priest of the most high God, received Abraham, when he was returning from the slaughter of the alien tribes. That altar prefigured this mystical altar, even as that priest was a type and a figure of the true archpriest, who is Christ. For "you," he says, "are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." This bread was prefigured by the loaves of proposition. This is quite plainly the pure and unbloody sacrifice which the Lord, through the mouth of the prophet, said was to be offered to him from the rising of the sun even to its going down.
— John Damascene, ORTHODOX FAITH 4:13

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Frankincense — (Heb. lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., “white”), an odorous resin imported from Arabia (Isa. 60:6; Jer. 6:20), yet also growing in Palestine (Cant. 4:14). It was one of the ingredients in the perfume of…
Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Incense · .Of praise — .Of praise
Offerings · Different kinds of: Incense — Different kinds of: Incense

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Malachi 1:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:11

John Gill on Malachi 1:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Malachi 1:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:11

John Gill on Malachi 1:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Malachi 1:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Malachi 1:10-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Malachi 1:8