Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Malachi 1

Mal 1:2 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,

I have loved you, saith the LORD

Deu 4:37; 7:7, 8.

I loved Jacob

Rom 9:13.

Mal 1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

Edom

i.e. Esau's descendants. See Scofield Gen 25:30.

Mal 1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.

The LORD will be magnified

Mic 5:4.

Mal 1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

A son honoureth his father

Exo 20:12; Mat 15:4-8; Eph 6:2.

if then I be a father,

Isa 63:16; 64:8; Jer 31:9.

where is mine honour?

Cf. Scofield Isaiah 63:16, note. The relationship here is national, not personal (Jer 3:18, 19); here, apparently, the Jews were calling Jehovah, "Father," but yielding Him no filial obedience. See Scofield John 8:37-39; Romans 9:1-8.

Mal 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought.

Or, I would that one among you would shut the doors of the temple that no more vain fire should kindle on mine altar. Cf. Isa 1:11-15.

Mal 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

my name shall be great among the Gentiles

i.e. So it would have been had Israel been true. Isa 45:5, 6. So it shall be despite Israel's failure.

heathen

i.e. nations.

Mal 1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing

Lev 22:18-20.