Maleakhi 1:4
Konteks1:4 Edom 1 says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all 2 responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as 3 the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.
Maleakhi 3:16
Konteks3:16 Then those who respected 4 the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. 5 A scroll 6 was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.
[1:4] 1 sn Edom, a “brother” nation to Israel, became almost paradigmatic of hostility toward Israel and God (see Num 20:14-21; Deut 2:8; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Amos 1:11-12; Obad 10-12).
[1:4] 2 sn The epithet
[1:4] 3 tn Heb “and they will call them.” The third person plural subject is indefinite; one could translate, “and people will call them.”
[3:16] 4 tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”
[3:16] 5 tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”
[3:16] 6 sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the