Malachi
God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces.
They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would
continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke
out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully
warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to
him....
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Malachi (or Malachias, מַלְאָכִי, Malʾaḫi, Mál'akhî) is a book of
the Hebrew Bible, written by the prophet Malachi. Possibly
this is not the name of the author, since Malachi means 'my
messenger' or 'my angel' in Hebrew. The last of the twelve
minor prophets (canonically), the final book of the Hebrew
Bible in Christian, but not Jewish traditi...
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3. Contents:
The book, in the main, is composed of two extended polemics
against the priests (Mal 1:6 through 2:9) and the people
(Mal 2:10 through 4:3), opening with a clear, sharp
statement of the prophet's chief thesis that Yahweh still
loves Israel (Mal 1:2-5), and closing with an exhortation to
remember the Law of Moses (Mal 4:4-6). After...
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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 (Mal. 1:1-5), in which the prophet
reminds Israel
of Jehovah's love to them. The first section (1:6-
2:9) contains
a stern rebuke addressed t...
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messenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the
writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon
(Mal. 4:4, 5,
6). Nothing is known of him beyond what is contained
in his book
of prophecies. Some have supposed that the name is
simply a
title descriptive of his character as a messenger of
Jehovah,
and not a proper name. There ...
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("messenger of Jah"), or Jehovah; contracted for Malachijah,
as Abi for Abijah (2 Kings 18:2; compare 2 Chronicles 29:1).
The name is that of an office rather than of a person; it
occurs in the sense "My (Jehovah's) messenger" (Malachi 3:1,
compare Haggai 1:13). Malachi was Jehovah's last inspired
messenger of Old Testament, announcing the adv...
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("messenger of Jah"), or Jehovah; contracted for Malachijah,
as Abi for Abijah (2 Kings 18:2; compare 2 Chronicles 29:1).
The name is that of an office rather than of a person; it
occurs in the sense "My (Jehovah's) messenger" (Malachi 3:1,
compare Haggai 1:13). Malachi was Jehovah's last inspired
messenger of Old Testament, announcing the adv...
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