Malachi Word Study - Chapter 1

Iyer@brahminbeliever.com | | Updated on Wed 07 November 2018

The version used is ASV

Themes

  • Elect and betrayal of Israel nation
  • Unfaithfulness of and rebuke to priests
  • Glory and greatness of God across nations

Titles of God

  • Jehovah of hosts - 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14
  • Jehovah of Israel - 1
  • great King - 14

Audience

  • Nation of Israel 1-5
  • priests of Levitical order 6-14

Figures of speech

  • Hyperbole - destruction: heritage to the jackals of the wilderness, expanse of time and space: from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same [11]

Repeating words

  • unto 6 [1:11, 1:11, 1:14, 1:6, 1:9, 1:8]
  • father 2 [1:6, 1:6]
  • name 5 [1:11, 1:11, 1:11, 1:14, 1:6]
  • contemptible 2 [1:12, 1:7]
  • hosts 8 [1:11, 1:10, 1:13, 1:14, 1:4, 1:6, 1:9, 1:8]
  • polluted 3 [1:12, 1:7, 1:7]
  • sick 2 [1:13, 1:8]
  • table 2 [1:12, 1:7]
  • Gentiles 3 [1:11, 1:11, 1:14]
  • master 2 [1:6, 1:6]
  • offering 3 [1:11, 1:10, 1:13]
  • offer 3 [1:7, 1:8, 1:8]
  • altar 2 [1:10, 1:7]
  • loved 3 [1:2, 1:2, 1:2]
  • Esau 2 [1:3, 1:2]
  • Israel 2 [1:1, 1:5]
  • accept 4 [1:10, 1:13, 1:9, 1:8]
  • border 2 [1:5, 1:4]
  • lame 2 [1:13, 1:8]

  • evil 2 [1:8, 1:8]

  • good 2 [2:13, 2:17]

  • unrighteousness 1 [2:6]
  • profaned 1 [2:11]

  • build 2 [1:4, 1:4]

  • Jehovah 16 [1:11, 1:10, 1:13, 1:13, 1:12, 1:14, 1:1, 1:2, 1:2, 1:5, 1:4, 1:4, 1:7, 1:6, 1:9, 1:8]

  • I 11 [1:10, 1:10, 1:13, 1:14, 1:3, 1:2, 1:2, 1:4, 1:6, 1:6, 1:9]
  • ye 16 [1:10, 1:13, 1:13, 1:13, 1:12, 1:12, 1:2, 1:5, 1:7, 1:7, 1:6, 1:8, 1:8,1:13, 1:7]

Verb, Pronoun, Conjunction, Adjective

1 The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.

v pn conj adj


of
of
by

2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacobs brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

v pn conj adj
have
loved
saith
hast
loved
loved
 I
you
us
I
 Yet
 ye
saith

3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

v pn conj adj
hated
made
gave
 I
his
his
 but
and
and
of

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

v pn conj adj
are
beaten
return
build
saith
build
throw
call
 We
we
They
I
them
 but
and
of
but
and
of
and
against
for

5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.

v pn conj adj
see
ye
say
be
magnified
 your
 And
and
beyond
of

6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

v pn conj adj
honoreth
am
is
am
is
priests
despise
say
have
despised
 his
his
I
I
my
you
my
we
 and
if
and
if
of
unto
that
And
 servant
mine
saith
thy

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

v pn conj adj
polluted
say
have
polluted
say
is
 we
 upon
And
In
of
 bread
mine
contemptible

8 And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.

v pn conj adj
offer
is
offer
is
unto
be
pleased
accept
 it
it
it
he
he
 And
for
and
and
with
or
of
 evil
evil
Present
thy
thy
saith

9 And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.

v pn conj adj
pray
entreat
be
been
accept
 I
you
he
us
your
he
your
 And
of
that
by
of
of
 gracious
unto
saith

10 Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle [fire on] mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

v pn conj adj
were
shut
kindle
have
saith
accept
 you
I
you
I
your
 that
among
that
on
in
in
of
neither
at

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 Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.

v pn conj adj
going
be
be
offered
be
 my
my
my
 For
from
of
unto
down
of
among
and
in
unto
and
for
among
of
 same
]
great
]
pure
]
great
saith

12 But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.

v pn conj adj
profane
say
is
polluted
is
 ye
it
its
 But
in
of
and
 contemptible

13 Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah.

v pn conj adj
say
is
have
snuffed
saith
have
brought
was
taken
bring
accept
 it
it
I
your
 and
at
of
and
that
by
and
and
at
 sick

14 But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

v pn conj adj
cursed
be
hath
sacrificeth
am
is
 his
I
my
 But
in
and
and
unto
for
of
and
among
 blemished
great
saith
terrible

Cause & effect