Malachi 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.
Malachi 1:4 in other translations
| BSB | Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever. |
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| WEB | Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places,” the LORD of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever.” |
| ASV | Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever. |
| YLT | Because Edom saith, ‘We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,' Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And men have called to them, ‘O region of wickedness,' ‘O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.' |
| DARBY | If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places, — thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever. |
| BBE | Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Malachi 1:4 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Malachi 1:1-5
All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one to differ from another. All the evils sinners feel and fear, are the just recompence of their crimes, while all their hopes and comforts are from the unmerited mercy of the Lord. He chose his people that they might be holy. If we love him, it is because he has first loved us; yet we all are…
Malachi 1:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Malachi 1:4
- Ezekiel 25:14
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 35:9
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- Isaiah 10:15-16
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
- Isaiah 9:9-10
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
- Isaiah 11:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
- Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
- Ezekiel 11:10
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- Lamentations 4:21-22
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
- Isaiah 34:5
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 63:1-6
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. …
- Psalms 127:1
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 9:9,10; Jas 4:13-16
They shall build.
Job 9:4; 12:14; 34:29; Ps 127:1; Pr 21:30; Isa 10:4,15,16; La 3:37
Mt 12:30
The border.
Jer 31:17; Eze 11:10; Am 6:2
The people.
3; Ps 137:7; Isa 11:14; 34:5,10; 63:1-6
La 4:21,22; Eze 25:14; 35:9
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Context
- Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
- Malachi 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.
- Malachi 1:5
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
Malachi 1:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando Edom dijere: Nos hemos empobrecido, mas tornemos á edificar lo arruinado; así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Ellos edificarán, y yo destruiré: y les llamarán Provincia de impiedad, y, Pueblo contra quien Jehová se airó para siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si Édom dit: Nous sommes détruits, mais nous rebâtirons ce qui est ruiné, – ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées: Ils bâtiront, mais moi, je renverserai, et on les appellera contrée de méchanceté, et le peuple contre lequel l’ Éternel est indigné à toujours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn Edom spricht: Wir sind zerschmettert, werden aber die Trümmer wieder aufbauen, so spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Sie werden bauen, ich aber werde niederreißen; und man wird sie nennen "Gebiet der Gesetzlosigkeit" und "das Volk, welchem Jehova ewiglich zürnt". |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod si dixerit Idumæa: Destructi sumus, sed revertentes ædificabimus quæ destructa sunt: hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Isti ædificabunt, et ego destruam: et vocabuntur termini impietatis, et populus cui iratus est Dominus usque in æternum. |