Malachi 1:5
in Malachi 1You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.
KJV
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
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This verse in Malachi 1
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Though Edom may say
on Malachi 1:4-5
Edom, like Judah after the exile, resolves to rebuild on ground the LORD has cursed: "We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins". The LORD of Hosts replies, "They may build, but I will demolish". Verse 5 promises Israel, "You will see this with your own eyes".
This site's exposition
You will see this with your own eyes
Edom had watched Jerusalem fall with pleasure, as Albert Barnes notes, and now Judah would watch Edom's rebuilding fail. What the people see will answer their question. Adam Clarke reads their confession as the LORD magnified by kindness in Israel and by judgment beyond its borders.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the L ORD is contemptible. 8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the L ORD of hosts.
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And your eyes shall see,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Your eyes - Ye Israelites shall see, in your succeeding generations, that: - The Lord will be magnified - By his kindness in Israel, and his judgments beyond.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And your eyes shall see - Malicious pleasure in looking on at the misery of Judaea and Jerusalem, had been a special sin of Edom: now God would show Judah the fruit of its reversal, and His goodness toward themselves. , “Ye have assurance of His love toward you and providence over you, when ye see that ye are returned to your own land, and can inhabit it, but they cannot do this: but “they build and I throw down,” and ye, therefore, praise and magnify My name for this, and ye shall say, “The Lord shall be magnified on the border of Israel, i. e., His greatness shall be always manifest upon you;” high above and exalted over the border of Israel which shall retain its name, while Edom shall have ceased to be.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם | veeineikhem | and eyes your | H5869 → | |
| תִּרְאֶ֑ינָה | tireinah | they will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וְאַתֶּ֤ם | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | tomeru | you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יִגְדַּ֣ל | yigdal | he is great | H1431 → | |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מֵעַ֖ל | meal | <from> over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לִגְב֥וּל | ligvul | <to> [the] border of | H1366 → | |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םand eyes your
veeineikhemH5869 →
תִּרְאֶ֑ינָהthey will see
tireinahH7200 →1300 times
וְאַתֶּ֤םand you
veatemH859 →1094 times
תֹּֽאמְרוּ֙you will say
tomeruH559 →5305 times
יִגְדַּ֣לhe is great
yigdalH1431 →
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מֵעַ֖ל<from> over
mealH5921 →5755 times
לִגְב֥וּל<to> [the] border of
ligvulH1366 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 39:21
I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
- Ezekiel 38:23
I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your…
- Ezekiel 36:23
I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the…
- 1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- Ezekiel 39:21
Through
Deuteronomy 11:7For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
it leads to
- Psalms 145:12
to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
- Psalms 145:4–6
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Psalms 150:2
Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
- Psalms 145:12
Where this verse is studied
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About Malachi
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.