E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 3:13
stout = hard, or bold. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Malachi 3:13
"Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?"In response to the charge of speaking against God, the people make their usual denial, professing an innocence which they are too wicked to merit, but their wickedness is not apparent to those whose minds have been darkened and whose hearts have been hardened. Very well, Malachi will spell it out for them in the next line of the prophecy. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:13
13-18. He notices the complaint of the Jews that it is of no profit to serve Jehovah, for that the ungodly proud are happy; and declares He will soon bring the day when it shall be known that He puts an everlasting distinction between the godly and the ungodly. words . . . stout—Hebrew, "hard"; so "the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him" ( :-) [HENDERSON]. have we spoken—The Hebrew expresses at once their assiduity and habit of speaking against God [VATABLUS]. The... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 3:13
The people had spoken arrogantly against the Lord, yet when faced with their disrespect they asked for proof. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Malachi 3:13-15
C. Situation: complacency toward serving the Lord 3:13-15Now the Lord identified the sinful attitude that lay behind the peoples’ failure to tithe. This is the longest speech of the Judahites in the book, and it shows the hardness of the peoples’ hearts. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:1-18
3The Speedy Judgment1. This v. is closely connected with the preceding. It is the answer to the question, ’Where is the God of judgment?’ The messenger is evidently a prophet or a succession of prophets: cp. Deuteronomy 18:9-22. The phrase he shall prepare the way before me is probably borrowed from Isaiah 40:3-5, where the thought is that a highway must be prepared on which ’the Glory of the Lord’ may lead Israel to the land of Canaan. Zechariah (Zechariah 8:8) had promised that Jehovah would... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 3:1-18
REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:18).(17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet now directs his reproofs against the people for their discontent and their want of faith in the promises of God, because the expected manifestation of God’s glory did not take place immediately. Because the doers of evil seem to flourish, the people say that God takes delight in them, “or” i.e., if this be not the case, “Where is the God of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 3:13
(13) Your words . . . against me.—Better, your words put a constraint on me: viz., to prove myself to you to be “the God of judgment.”Spoken.—Or rather, conversed together. (Comp. Malachi 3:16.) They seem to have been in the habit of conversing together, and comparing the promises of God towards them with the then state of affairs. God had promised that they should be a proverb among the nations for blessedness; but, say they, seeing that things are as they are, “we [feel more inclined to] call... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Malachi 3:1-18
The Coming of the Lord Malachi 3:1 Here is a twofold prediction: we have a forerunner of Christ announced in it and then Christ Himself. I. This tells us two things of this forerunner. a. It points out his mission from God. Our Lord Himself refers to this passage, and says that it points to John the Baptist and the ministry of the Baptist b. The work this forerunner was to perform. The very appointment of a messenger to precede Jesus, even in His Humiliation, was a foresight and evidence of... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:1-18
Cheating God (2:17-3:18)When the Jews saw surrounding nations prosper while they suffered hardship, they complained that God was not just. Other nations made no effort to keep God’s law, whereas Israel was his people (17). Malachi replies that if justice is what the Jews want, then justice is what they will have; but they must realize that such justice will apply to them as well as to their heathen neighbours. They have asked for the God of justice; now he will come and do his work of justice... read more