COMMENTARY:
: 1 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (1197 “burn” [ba’ar] means kindle, scorch, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Behold, I will send MY messenger, and he shall prepare the way before ME: and the Lord, WHOM you seek, shall suddenly come to HIS temple, even the MESSENGER of the covenant, WHOM you delight in, behold, HE shall come, says the LORD of hosts. (4397 “messenger” [mal’ak] means ambassador, representative, theophanic … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 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. (1285 “covenant” [bariyth] means league, confederacy, alliance, pledge, treaty, contract, or contractual arrangement between God and a person.)
DEVOTION: God made a covenant with … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? Says the LORD; yet I loved Jacob. (157 “loved” [’ahab] means to endear, to have great affection, have loyalty toward, to breath after, or have an affection toward someone you have a close … Read More