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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:5

I will come near to you to judgment. They had asked, "Where is the God of judgment?" ( Malachi 2:17 ). He tells them that his judgment shall extend beyond the Levites even unto all the people; they will then see whether, as they supposed, the evil went unpunished. The announcement applies especially to the circumstances of Malachi's time, though, of course, it has an extended reference. Swift witness. God's judgments fall swiftly and unexpectedly; and when they fall the sinner is at once... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:5

Messiah's relation to society sins. It is important to see that God both considers and deals with society sins as well as individual sins. Not sufficiently is it pressed on attention, that he deals with the evils which are characteristic of aggregates of men—with sins of classes and of nations. It is in the necessary judgment of classes and nations as such that the innocent are wont to suffer with the guilty; and then the interest of the class must be seen to override the interests of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:5-6

The world of sinners. "And I will come near to you to judgment." From this passage we are reminded— I. THAT SINNERS EXIST IN THIS WORLD IN GREAT VARIETY . Here are "sorcerers," "adulterers," "false swearers," and heartless oppressors. The first were very general in Judaea. "There was," says Lightfoot, "hardly any people in the whole world that more used or were more fond of amulets, charms, mutterings, exorcisms, and all kinds of enchantments. The elder who was chosen... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:2

And who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appeareth? - The implied answer is, “No one;” as in the Psalm Psalms 130:3, “If Thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?” Joel had asked the same , “The day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?” “How can the weakness of man endure such might; his blindness, such light; his frailty, such power; his uncleanness, such holiness; the chaff, such a fire? For He is like a refine’s fire. Who... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:3

And He shall sit - o as a King and Judge on His throne, with authority, yet also to try accurately the cause of each, separating seeming virtues from real graces; hypocrites, more or less consciously, from His true servants.He shall purify o the sons of Levi - These had been first the leaders in degeneracy, the corrupters of the people by their example and connivance. Actually Acts 6:7, “a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.” Barnabas also was a Levite. Acts 4:36. But more... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:4

Then (And) shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem - The “law,” the new revelation of God, was to Isaiah 2:3. “go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” Judah and Jerusalem then are here the Christian Church. “They shall be, pleasant (literally sweet) unto the Lord.” It is a reversal (using the self-same word) of what God had said of them in the time of their religious decay Hosea 9:4. “they shall not offer wine-offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be sweet unto Him;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgment - They had clamored for the coming of “the God of judgment;” God assures them that He will come to judgment, which they had desired, but far other than they look for. The few would be purified; the great mass of them (so that He calls them “you”), the main body of those who had so clamored, would find that He came as a Judge, not for them but against them.And I will be a swift witness - o “In judging I will bear witness, and witnessing, I, the same, will... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:2

Malachi 3:2. But who may abide the day of his coming The LXX. read, τις υωομενει ημεραν εισοδου αυτου , who shall be able to bear the day of his coming? So also the Chaldee. “Quare hoc?” “Why this?” says Grotius: “Because he himself shall bear the cross, that he may come to the kingdom, and shall show the same way to his followers.” The day of his coming, with respect to the Jews, includes all the time from the beginning of his preaching, to the total destruction of their temple and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:3-4

Malachi 3:3-4. And he shall sit as a refiner He shall be diligently employed in his office, in performing which he shall resemble a refiner and purifier of silver. And he shall purify the sons of Levi And whereas the misconduct of the sons of Levi has been very great, (particularly of those who have been taken notice of and reproved in the foregoing chapters,) the Messiah when he comes will reform these abuses, and purify the worship of God from such corruptions. And purge them as gold... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:5

Malachi 3:5. And I will come near to you to judgment In answer to their demand, Where is the God of judgment? Malachi 2:17, God here tells them that he will hasten the time of judgment, and it shall come speedily upon them, on account of those sins that were general among them: and that if they did not repent, and reform their conduct upon the preaching of the gospel by the forerunner of the Messiah, the Messiah himself, and his apostles and other servants, he would proceed to the utter... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:5-6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:3-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:5

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