Passage Research
Malachi 1 — Sermon Preparation
God declares his love for Israel, then rebukes the priests for offering blind and lame animals — contemptible sacrifices that dishonor his great name. Below is a research summary for Malachi 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 239 / 119
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 18
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Malachi 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 8 | mass, army |
| בָּזָה | bâzâh | H959 | 4 | disesteem |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 6 | appellation, honor |
| נָגַשׁ | nâgash | H5066 | 4 | be, come |
| רָצָה | râtsâh | H7521 | 3 | be pleased with, satisfy |
| חָלָה | châlâh | H2470 | 3 | be rubbed, worn |
| גָּאַל | gâʼal | H1351 | 3 | soil, desecrate |
How preachers through history handled this text
18 public-domain excerpts on Malachi 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We may each charge upon ourselves what is here charged upon the priests. Our relation to God, as our Father and Master, strongly obliges us to fear and honour him. But they were so scornful that they derided reproof. Sinners ruin themselves by trying to baffle their convictions. Those who live in careless neglect of holy ordinances, who attend on them without reverence, and go from them under no concern, in effect say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. They despised God's name in what they did. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Malachi 1:6–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Edom— Mal 1:4
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