John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 1:5
And your eyes shall see ,.... The destruction of the Edomites, and their fruitless attempts to rebuild their desolate places; and the difference between them and the Israelites, who were returned to their own land, and inherited it, when they could not; and the love of God to the one, and his hatred of the other: and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel ; Aben Ezra interprets it, ye that dwelt in the border of Israel shall say, the Lord shall be magnified,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 1:1-5
The prophecy of this book is entitled, The burden of the word of the Lord (Mal. 1:1), which intimates, 1. That it was of great weight and importance; what the false prophets said was light as the chaff, what the true prophets said was ponderous as the wheat, Jer. 23:38. 2. That it ought to be often repeated to them and by them, as the burden of a song. 3. That there were those to whom it was a burden and a reproach; they were weary of it, and found themselves so aggrieved by it that they were... read more