Malachi 4:4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

This is doubtless intended for a solemn conclusion, not only of this prophecy, but of the canon of the Old Testament, and is a plain information that they were not to expect any more sayings nor writing by divine inspiration, any more of the dictates of the Spirit of prophecy, till the beginning of the gospel of the Messiah, which sets aside the Apocrypha as no part of holy writ, and which therefore the Jews never received. Now that prophecy ceases, and is about to be sealed up, there are two... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:4

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant ,.... Who was faithful as such in the house of God, in delivering the law to the children of Israel, which was given him; and who are called upon to remember it, its precepts and its penalties, which they were apt to forget: and particularly this exhortation is given now, because no other prophet after Malachi would be sent unto them, this is what they should have and use as their rule and directory; and because that Christ, now prophesied of, would be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:4

Remember ye the law of Moses - Where all these things are predicted. The Septuagint, Arabic, and Coptic, place this verse the last. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:4

Verse 4 This passage has not been clearly and fully explained, because interpreters did not understand the design of Malachi nor consider the time. We know that before the coming of Christ there was a kind of silence on the part of God, for by not sending Prophets for a time, he designed to stimulate as it were the Jews, so that they might with greater ardor seek Christ. Our Prophet was amongst the very last. As then the Jews were without Prophets, they ought more diligently to have attended to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:4

If the people would meet the judgment with confidence and secure for themselves the promised blessings, they must remember and obey the Law of Moses. Thus the last of the prophets set his seal to the Pentateuch, on obedience to which depended, as of old (see Leviticus 26:1-46 .; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 .), so now, the most abundant blessings. My servant. Moses was only the agent and interpreter of God. The origin and authority of the Law were Divine. Horeb . The mention of the mountain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:4

Loyalty to God's revealed will. It was characteristic of the restored exiles that they endeavoured exactly to reproduce the old Mosaic system; but there was a grave danger involved in their effort. They could not precisely reproduce everything. There must be some adjustment to the very different social and religious sentiments and relations. But those who claimed the authority to make the adjustments would be almost sure to carry their authority too far, and claim to alter and amend the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

§ 5. Concluding admonition to remember the Law, lest they should be liable to the curse. In order to avert this, the Lord, before his coming, would send Elijah to promote a change of heart in the nation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:4-6

The sufficiency of God's successive revelations. The introduction of the appeal in Malachi 4:4 between the predictions and promises of Malachi 4:2 , Malachi 4:3 and Malachi 4:5 , Malachi 4:6 has at first sight an appearance of abruptness. The promise of Malachi 4:5 lay in the indefinite, and as we know the distant, future. Malachi proved to be the last of the prophets of the old covenant. In the long interval between Malachi and John the Baptist there were times when Israel... read more

Albert Barnes

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

Remember ye the law of Moses, My servant - Galatians 3:24. “The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ.” They then who were most faithful to the law, would be most prepared for Christ. But for those of his own day, too, who were negligent both of the ceremonial and moral law, he says “Since the judgment of God will be so fearful, remember now unceasingly and observe the law of God given by Moses.”Which I commanded - oUnto him for - (literally upon, incumbent upon) all Israel Not Moses... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Malachi 4:4 . Remember ye the law of Moses Ye are not now to expect any succession of prophets for the time to come, nor any prophet whatever, till the forerunner of the Messiah appears: your chief care, therefore, till that time, must be to attend upon the institutions, and to obey the precepts, which Moses has given to all Israel in his law; particularly in that part of it which was delivered to him by God with an audible voice from mount Horeb: see Exodus 19:9; Deuteronomy 4:10. This... read more

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