Malachi 1:4

Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Edom	אֱד֜וֹם 'e.Dom	H123	Edom · proper noun, a man's name
saith	תֹאמַ֨ר to.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
impoverished	רֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּ ru.Shash.nu	H7567	to demolish · verb, pual perfect, 1st person common plural
return	וְנָשׁוּב֙ ve.na.Shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common plural
build	וְנִבְנֶ֣ה ve.niv.Neh	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common plural
places	חֳרָב֔וֹת cho.ra.Vot	H2723	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
saith	אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֔וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
build	יִבְנ֖וּ yiv.Nu	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
down	אֶהֱר֑וֹס 'e.he.Ros	H2040	to pull down or in pieces · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
call	וְקָרְא֤וּ ve.ka.re.'U	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
border	גְּב֣וּל ge.Vul	H1366	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
wickedness	רִשְׁעָ֔ה rish.'Ah	H7564	wrong (especially moral) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
people	וְהָעָ֛ם ve.ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
indignation	זָעַ֥ם za.'Am	H2194	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
for	עַד 'ad-	H5704	as far (or long · preposition
ever	עוֹלָֽם o.Lam	H5769	properly · noun, common masculine singular 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

Ezekiel 25:14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my…
Ezekiel 35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Psalms 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Isaiah 9:9-10 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
Isaiah 10:15-16 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod sho…
Isaiah 11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their h…
Isaiah 34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:1-5

The prophecy of this book is entitled, The burden of the word of the Lord (Mal 1:1), which intimates, 1. That it was of great weight and importance; what the false prophets said was light as the chaff, what the true prophets said was ponderous as the wheat, Jer 23:28. 2. That it ought to be often repeated to them and by them, as the burden of a song. 3. That there were those to whom it was a burden and a reproach; they were weary of it, and found themselves so aggrieved by it that they were not able to bear it. 4. That to them it would prove a burden indeed, to sink them to the lowest hell, unless they repented. 5. That to those who loved it and embraced it, and bade it welcome, though it wa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:4

Whereas--"But if" Edom say [MAURER]. Edom may strive as she may to recover herself, but it shall be in vain, for I doom her to perpetual desolation, whereas I restore Israel. This Jehovah states, to illustrate His gratuitous love to Israel, rather than to Edom. border of wickedness--a region given over to the curse of reprobation [CALVIN]. For a time Judea seemed as desolate as Idumea; but though the latter was once the highway of Eastern commerce, now the lonely rock-houses of Petra attest the fulfilment of the prophecy. It is still "the border of wickedness," being the resort of the marauding tribes of the desert. Judea's restoration, though delayed, is yet certain. the Lord hath indig…

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John Gill on Malachi 1:4

Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished,.... Or the Idumeans, as the Targum; the posterity of Esau, who acknowledge themselves greatly reduced by the desolations made in their country, cities, towns, and houses, being plundered of all their valuable things. Kimchi interprets it, if the congregation of Edom should say, though we are become poor and low, and our land is laid waste: but we will return; being now become rich, as the Targum adds; that is, as Jarchi explains it, with the spoils of Jerusalem: and build the desolate places: as Israel did, as Kimchi observes, when they returned from their captivity; and so the Edomites hoped to do the same: thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall…

Dictionary and topics

Edom — (1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Gen. 25:30, “Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., ‘the red pottage, the red pottage’] ...Therefore was his name called Edom”,…
Malachi, Prophecies of — The contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third and fourth chapters (of the A.V.) form but one. The whole consists of three sections, preceded by an introduction…

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 1:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:4

John Gill on Malachi 1:4

Dictionary and topics

Malachi 1:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 1:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 1:4

John Gill on Malachi 1:4

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Malachi 1:2-5

Keil & Delitzsch on Malachi 1:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Malachi 1:4