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A Visible Sign of God's Love
Commentators agree that God would provide Israel with a tangible, visible sign of His unique love. By seeing their own nation restored while their rival, Edom, remained permanently desolate, the people would have undeniable proof of God's special favor and providence, leading them to praise Him.
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Malachi
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Albert Barnes
On Malachi 1:5
18th Century
Theologian
And your eyes shall see - Malicious pleasure in looking at the misery of Judea and Jerusalem had been a special sin of Edom: now God would s…
Charles Ellicott
On Malachi 1:5
19th Century
Bishop
And your eyes shall see. — Compare such expressions as Psalms 37:34; Psalms 52:6; Psalms 91:8. As w…
John Calvin
On Malachi 1:2–6
16th Century
Theologian
I am compelled by the context to read all these verses, for the sense cannot be otherwise completed. God expostulates here with a perverse and ungr…
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John Gill
On Malachi 1:5
17th Century
Pastor
And your eyes shall see
The destruction of the Edomites, and their fruitless attempts to rebuild their desolate plac…
Matthew Henry
On Malachi 1:1–5
17th Century
Minister
All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one differ from another. All…