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For I, Yahweh, don`t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
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God's Unchanging Character
Commentators emphasize that the name 'Jehovah' (or 'the LORD') points to God's core attribute of immutability. Unlike humans who change their minds or purposes, God is perfect, constant, and eternally the same. As Albert Barnes notes, 'change implies imperfection,' but God is perfect and therefore unchangeable. This truth is the foundation of His reliability.
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Malachi
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am the Lord, I change not—, or, to put it better and more concisely, “I, the Lord—
I change not—.” The proper name …
19th Century
Anglican
For I am the Lord, I change not. —Better, For I Jehovah change not.
Because it is the Eternal’s unchangea…
Baptist
This is their comfort; even the immutability of God is on the side of his people. He is just, and always just; he hates sin, and always hates sin; …
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet more clearly reproves and checks the impious waywardness of the people. For God, after having said that He would come and send a R…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I [am] the Lord Or Jehovah; a name peculiar to the most High, and so a proof of the deity of Christ, who here speaks;…
The first words of this chapter seem to be an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is …
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