Malachi 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Commentary

2 voices

Irenaeus

AGAINST HERESIES 3:11.4 (202)

And that we may not have to ask, Of what God was the Word made flesh? he does himself previously teach us, saying, "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came as a witness, that he might bear witness of that Light. He was not that Light, but [came] that he might testify of the Light." By what God, then, was John, the forerunner, who testifies of the Light, sent [into the world]?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

God answers their complaints of the absence of His judgments, that they would come, but would include those also who clamored for them. For no one who knew his own sinfulness would call for the judgment of God, as being himself, chief of sinners. Augustine pictures one saying to God, “Take away the ungodly man,” and that God answers, “Which?” Behold, I send My messenger before My face, and he shall prepare My way before Me - they, then, were not prepared for His Coming, for whom they clamored.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנְנִ֤י	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
שֹׁלֵחַ֙	sho.le.aCh	[am] about to send	H7971 →
מַלְאָכִ֔י	mal.'a.Khi	messenger my	H4397 →
וּפִנָּה־	u.fi.nah-	and he will make clear	H6437 →
דֶ֖רֶךְ	De.rekh	a way	H1870 →
לְפָנָ֑י	le.fa.Nai	<to> before me	H6440 →
וּפִתְאֹם֩	u.fit.'Om	and suddenly	H6597 →
יָב֨וֹא	ya.Vo'	he will come	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הֵיכָל֜וֹ	hei.kha.Lo	temple his	H1964 →
הָאָד֣וֹן׀	ha.'a.Don	the lord	H113 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
אַתֶּ֣ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
מְבַקְשִׁ֗ים	me.vak.Shim	[are] seeking	H1245 →
וּמַלְאַ֨ךְ	u.mal.'Akh	and [the] messenger of	H4397 →
הַבְּרִ֜ית	ha.be.Rit	the covenant	H1285 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
אַתֶּ֤ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
חֲפֵצִים֙	cha.fe.Tzim	[are] delighting	H2655 →
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	there!	H2009 →
בָ֔א	Va'	[he is] about to come	H935 →
אָמַ֖ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
leads to
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
- Matthew 17:10–13
  The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- Mark 9:11–13
  And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
- Matthew 11:13–14
  For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
- Isaiah 40:3
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
Through
Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
leads to
- Isaiah 40:3–5
  A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Mark 1:2–3
  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- Matthew 14:5
  Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

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