Passage Research
Malachi 3 — Sermon Preparation
The LORD announces that his messenger will prepare the way, then he will come suddenly to his temple to refine the priests and address the people's withholding of tithes. Below is a research summary for Malachi 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 274 / 145
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 28
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Malachi 3 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 |
| קָבַע | qâbaʻ | H6906 | 4 | cover, defraud |
| עָבַד | ʻâbad | H5647 | 4 | work, serve |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 4 | turn, return |
| אָשַׁר | ʼâshar | H833 | 2 | be straight, be level |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 3 | fear, revere |
| בָּחַן | bâchan | H974 | 2 | test, investigate |
How preachers through history handled this text
28 public-domain excerpts on Malachi 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Among the Jews at this time, some plainly discovered themselves to be children of the wicked one. The yoke of Christ is easy. But those who work wickedness, tempt God by presumptuous sins. Judge of things as they will appear when the doom of these proud sinners comes to be executed. Those that feared the Lord, spake kindly, for preserving and promoting mutual love, when sin thus abounded. They spake one to another, in the language of those that fear the Lord, and think on his name. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Malachi 3:13–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Mal 3:4
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