Maleakhi 1:14
Konteks1:14 “There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” 1 says the Lord who rules over all, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
Maleakhi 3:14
Konteks3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped 2 by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? 3
Maleakhi 4:1
Konteks4:1 (3:19) 4 “For indeed the day 5 is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the Lord who rules over all. “It 6 will not leave even a root or branch.
[1:14] 1 sn The epithet great king was used to describe the Hittite rulers on their covenant documents and so, in the covenant ideology of Malachi, is an apt description of the
[3:14] 2 tn Heb “What [is the] profit”; NIV “What did we gain.”
[3:14] 3 sn The people’s public display of self-effacing piety has gone unrewarded by the
[4:1] 4 sn Beginning with 4:1, the verse numbers through 4:6 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:1 ET = 3:19 HT, 4:2 ET = 3:20 HT, etc., through 4:6 ET = 3:24 HT. Thus the book of Malachi in the Hebrew Bible has only three chapters, with 24 verses in ch. 3.
[4:1] 5 sn This day is the well-known “day of the
[4:1] 6 tn Heb “so that it” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons a new sentence was begun here in the translation.