Malachi 1:4 BSB — MannaFest

Malachi 1:4

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They shall build, but I will throw down - We have already seen enough of the wickedness of the Edomites to justify the utmost severity of Divine justice against them. The pulling down predicted here was by Judas Maccabeus; see 1 Maccabees 5:65; and by John Hyrcanus; see Joseph Antiq., lib. 13 c. 9. s. 1. They shall call them, The border of wickedness - A wicked land. Among this people scarcely any trace of good could ever be noted.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
תֹאמַ֨ר	to.Mar	it will say	H559 →
אֱד֜וֹם	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →
רֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּ	ru.Shash.nu	we have been shattered	H7567 →
וְנָשׁוּב֙	ve.na.Shuv	and we may return	H7725 →
וְנִבְנֶ֣ה	ve.niv.Neh	so we may rebuild	H1129 →
חֳרָב֔וֹת	cho.ra.Vot	[the] ruins	H2723 →
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
הֵ֥מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
יִבְנ֖וּ	yiv.Nu	they will build	H1129 →
וַאֲנִ֣י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
אֶהֱר֑וֹס	'e.he.Ros	I will tear down	H2040 →
וְקָרְא֤וּ	ve.ka.re.'U	and people will call	H7121 →
לָהֶם֙	la.Hem	<to> them
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	a territory of	H1366 →
רִשְׁעָ֔ה	rish.'Ah	wickedness	H7564 →
וְהָעָ֛ם	ve.ha.'Am	and the people	H5971 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
זָעַ֥ם	za.'Am	he was indignant	H2194 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
עוֹלָֽם׃	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Lamentations 3:37
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
leads to
- Psalms 33:9–11
  For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Isaiah 46:10
  I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Through
Isaiah 11:14
They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites…
leads to
- Joel 3:19
  Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
- Daniel 11:41
  He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
Through
Ezekiel 35:9
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
leads to
- Ezekiel 25:13
  therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman…