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Malachi

Malachi (Old Testament • 4 Chapters): Malachi (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Levi , Judah , Moses . Key places: Esau, Edom, Jerusalem , Horeb . Opens with: "The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi...." Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Major & Minor Prophets of Israel—Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Zuph (Generation 39 • Child of Elkanah ): Zuph is a biblical figure in Generation 39, child of Elkanah , parent of Toah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:35 ) (mentioned in 1 Samuel 1 , 1 Samuel 9 , 1 Chronicles 6 ) Zophai (Generation 39 • Child of Elkanah): Zophai is a biblical figure in Generation 39, child of Elkanah, parent of Nahath . ( 1 Chronicles 6:26 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gate of the Guard (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Topheth (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 23:10 , Jer 7:31 , Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 , Jer 19:11 , Jer 19:12 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).) Chaldea (region. Referenced in Isa 48:20 , Jer 50:10 , Jer 51:24 , Jer 51:35 , Ezek 11:24 .) Tahpanhes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Tahpanhes . Referenced in Jer 2:16 , Jer 43:7 , Jer 43:8 , Jer 43:9 , Jer 44:1 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Malachi 1:1 : "The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi ."; Malachi 2:1 : "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you."; Malachi 3:9 : "Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.". Related canonical books and chapters: Malachi (Old Testament • 4 Chapters), Malachi 2 (Malachi • Chapter 2 (17 verses)), Malachi 1 (Malachi • Chapter 1 (14 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Malachi
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 4 Chapters

Malachi (Old Testament, 4 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Levi , Judah , Moses . Key places: Esau, Edom, Jerusalem , Horeb . Opens with: "The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi...."

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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Malachi exposing post-exilic apathy and corrupt worship through disputations, concluding the Old Testament with the promise of Elijah preparing the way for the Lord.

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Malachi 2
99% Chapter
Malachi • Chapter 2 (17 verses)

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not... Mentions: Levi , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .

Malachi Map
99% Book Map
Interactive Book Map • NT.MAL

Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of NT.MAL.

Malachi 1
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Malachi • Chapter 1 (14 verses)

The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi . I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob 's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau , and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Esau (Edom), Esau, Edom.

Malachi 4
99% Chapter
Malachi • Chapter 4 (6 verses)

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Horeb .

Malachi 3
99% Chapter
Malachi • Chapter 3 (18 verses)

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. But who may abide the day of his coming... Mentions: Levi , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .

Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.

מַעֲשֵׂר
maaser (maʿăśēr) [mah-as-ARE]
H4643 Hebrew noun masculine 32x
tithe, tenth part

Tenth part consecrated to God, presented from agrarian harvest to support Levites, priests, and care for poor (Deuteronomy 14:28, Malachi 3:10).

Derivation: From עָשַׂר (H6237) to tithe, from עֶשֶׂר (H6235) ten.
מַשָּׂא
massa (maśśāʾ) [mas-SAW]
H4853 Hebrew noun masculine 66x
burden, prophetic oracle, solemn pronouncement

Burden; prophetic pronouncement of weight and impending divine judgment against nations (Isaiah 13:1, Nahum 1:1, Malachi 1:1).

Derivation: From נָשָׂא (H5375) to lift up, bear.
Gate of the Guard
70% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Topheth
70% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 23:10 , Jer 7:31 , Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 , Jer 19:11 , Jer 19:12 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Chaldea
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Ur • 30.962°N, 46.104°E

region. Referenced in Isa 48:20 , Jer 50:10 , Jer 51:24 , Jer 51:35 , Ezek 11:24 .

Tahpanhes
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 30.861°N, 32.171°E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahpanhes. Referenced in Jer 2:16 , Jer 43:7 , Jer 43:8 , Jer 43:9 , Jer 44:1 .

Lakkum
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Mount Tabor • 32.687°N, 35.391°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:33 (identified with Mount Tabor ).

Zuph
62% Gen 39
Generation 39 • Child of Elkanah

Zuph is a biblical figure in Generation 39, child of Elkanah , parent of Toah . ( 1 Chronicles 6:35 )

Zophai
61% Gen 39
Generation 39 • Child of Elkanah

Zophai is a biblical figure in Generation 39, child of Elkanah , parent of Nahath . ( 1 Chronicles 6:26 )

Salmone
59% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 35.212°N, 26.274°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:7 .

Memphis
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 29.850°N, 31.254°E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%2C_Egypt. Referenced in Isa 19:13 , Jer 2:16 , Jer 44:1 , Jer 46:14 , Jer 46:19 .

Horonaim
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.288°N, 35.515°E

~. Referenced in Isa 15:5 , Jer 48:3 , Jer 48:5 , Jer 48:34 .

Nehelam
56% Place
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 29:24 , Jer 29:31 , Jer 29:32 .

Song of Solomon • Chapter 8 (14 verses)

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of ... Mentions: Solomon , Baal , Jerusalem .

Ramah 2
54% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.111°N, 35.310°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 .

Hazor 5
54% Place
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 49:28 , Jer 49:30 , Jer 49:33 .

Ramah 3
52% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.939°N, 35.368°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:36 .

עֶלְיוֹן
Elyon (ʿElyôn) [el-YONE]
H5945 Hebrew adjective / divine title 53x
Most High, Supreme

The Most High, Sovereign Lord over cosmic powers, nations, and earthly rulers; first revealed through Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18) as Possessor of heaven and earth.

Derivation: From עָלָה (H5927) to ascend, go up.
ὑπομονή
hypomone (hypomonḗ) [hoop-om-on-ay']
G5281 Greek noun feminine 32x
a remaining behind, patient enduring, endurance

Primary meaning: a remaining behind, patient enduring, endurance. Strong's: cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy. Lexical nuances: a remaining behind (Arist.).

Derivation: from G5278 (ὑπομένω);
Job 6
49% Chapter
Job • Chapter 6 (30 verses)

But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. Mentions: Tema , Sheba .

קַדִּישׁ
qaddis (qaddîš) [kad-DEESH]
H6922 Aramaic adjective 13x
holy, holy ones, saints

Holy; applied to the angels ('holy watcher', Daniel 4:13) and the redeemed saints who inherit the eternal kingdom ('the saints of the Most High', Daniel 7:18, 22).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to קָדוֹשׁ (H6918).

Scripture Passages (24)

Malachi 1:1 (KJV)
Malachi 1 KJV

The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi .

Malachi 2:1 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Malachi 1:3 (KJV)
Malachi 1 KJV

And I hated Esau , and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Malachi 1:5 (KJV)
Malachi 1 KJV

And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel .

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:5 (KJV)
Malachi 4 KJV

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Malachi 4:4 (KJV)
Malachi 4 KJV

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel , with the statutes and judgments.

Malachi 2:4 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi , saith the Lord of hosts.

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

Malachi 1:12 (KJV)
Malachi 1 KJV

But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

Malachi 1:7 (KJV)
Malachi 1 KJV

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

Malachi 2:3 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

Malachi 2:7 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:2 (KJV)
Malachi 1 KJV

I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob 's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob ,

Malachi 2:5 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

Malachi 2:9 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

Malachi 2:8 (KJV)
Malachi 2 KJV

But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi , saith the Lord of hosts.

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