Behold, I am sending My messenger to clear the way before Me, and the Sovereign you seek shall come to the temple suddenly. As for the angel of the covenantaangel of the covenant Apparently the messenger of the previous sentence is regarded as Israel’s tutelary angel. that you desire, he is already coming.
He shall actbact Lit. “sit.” like a smelter and purger of silver; and he shall purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they shall present offerings in righteousness.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישב
318
מצרף
410
ומטהר
260
כסף
160
וטהר
220
אתבנילוי
509
וזקק
213
אתם
441
כזהב
34
וככסף
186
והיו
27
ליהוה
56
מגישי
363
מנחה
103
בצדקה
201
Malachi 3:4
Gematria: 2715
וערבהליהוהמנחתיהודהוירושלםכימיעולםוכשניםקדמנית
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to GOD as in the days of yore and in the years of old.
But [first] I will step forward to contend against you, and I will act as a relentless accuser against those who have no fear of Me: Who practice sorcery, who commit adultery, who swear falsely, who cheat laborers of their hire, and who subvert [the cause of] the widow, orphan, and stranger, said GOD of Hosts.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וקרבתי
718
אליכם
101
למשפט
459
והייתי
441
עד
74
ממהר
285
במכשפים
492
ובמנאפים
229
ובנשבעים
480
לשקר
630
ובעשקי
488
שכרשכיר
1050
אלמנה
126
ויתום
462
ומטיגר
268
ולא
37
יראוני
277
אמר
241
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
Malachi 3:6
Gematria: 2140
כיאנייהוהלאשניתיואתםבנייעקבלאכליתם
cVv. 6–12 resume the thought of 1.2–5. For I am GOD—I have not changed; and you are the children of Jacob—you have not ceased to be.
From the very days of your ancestors you have turned away from My laws and have not observed them. Turn back to Me, and I will turn back to you—said GOD of Hosts. But you ask, “How shall we turn back?”
Ought mortals to defraudddefraud Heb. qabaʻ, a play on the name of Jacob (v. 6); cf. Gen. 27.36. God? Yet you are defrauding Me. And you ask, “How have we been defrauding You?” In tithe and contribution.eIn tithe and contribution I.e., the contributions to the priests from the new grain, oil, and wine; see Num. 18.12.
Word-by-Word Analysis
היקבע
187
אדם
45
אלהים
86
כי
30
אתם
441
קבעים
222
אתי
411
ואמרתם
687
במה
47
קבענוך
248
המעשר
615
והתרומה
662
Malachi 3:9
Gematria: 2150
במארהאתםנאריםואתיאתםקבעיםהגויכלו
You are suffering under a curse, yet you go on defrauding Me—the whole nation of you.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse,fstorehouse I.e., the public storehouse; see Neh. 13.10–13. and let there be food in My House, and thus put Me to the test—said GOD of Hosts. I will surely open the floodgates of the sky for you and pour down blessings on you;
and I will banish the locustsglocusts Lit. “devourer.” from you, so that they will not destroy the yield of your soil; and your vines in the field shall no longer miscarry—said GOD of Hosts.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וגערתי
689
לכם
90
באכל
53
ולאישחת
755
לכם
90
אתפרי
691
האדמה
55
ולאתשכל
787
לכם
90
הגפן
138
בשדה
311
אמר
241
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
Malachi 3:12
Gematria: 3295
ואשרואתכםכלהגויםכיתהיואתםארץחפץאמריהוהצבאותפ
And all the nations shall account you happy, for you shall be the most desired of lands—said GOD of Hosts.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואשרו
513
אתכם
461
כלהגוים
114
כיתהיו
451
אתם
441
ארץ
291
חפץ
178
אמר
241
יהוה
26
צבאותפ
579
Malachi 3:13
Gematria: 1948
חזקועלידבריכםאמריהוהואמרתםמהנדברנועליך
You have spoken hard words against Me—said GOD. But you ask, “What have we been saying among ourselves against You?”
In this vein have those who revere GOD been talking to one another. GOD has heard and noted it, and a scroll of remembrance has been written at God’s behest concerning those who revere GOD and esteem that name.
And on the day that I am preparing, said GOD of Hosts, they shall be My treasured possession; I will be tender toward them as a manha man I.e., a stereotypical householder. is tender toward a son who ministers to him.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיו
27
לי
40
אמר
241
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
ליום
86
אשר
501
אני
61
עשה
375
סגלה
98
וחמלתי
494
עליהם
155
כאשר
521
יחמל
88
איש
311
עלבנו
158
העבד
81
אתו
407
Malachi 3:18
Gematria: 3219
ושבתםוראיתםביןצדיקלרשעביןעבדאלהיםלאשרלאעבדופ
And you shall come to see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who have served God and those who have not.
For lo! That day is at hand, burning like an oven. All the arrogant and all the doers of evil shall be straw, and the day that is coming—said GOD of Hosts—shall burn them to ashes and leave of them neither stock nor boughs.
But for you who revere My name a sun of victory shall rise to bring healing.ito bring healing Lit. “with healing in the folds of its garments”; in contrast to others “with healing in its wings.” You shall go forth and stamp like stall-fed calves,
He shall reconcile parents with children and children with their parents, so that, when I come, I do not strike the whole land with utter destruction.Lo, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the awesome, fearful day of GOD.