Discovery BoxMalachi 1:2 
Context1:2 “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?”
“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob
Malachi 2:8
Context2:8 You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; 1 you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” 2 says the Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 3:7
Context3:7 From the days of your ancestors you have ignored 3 my commandments 4 and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’
Malachi 3:17
Context3:17 “They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. 5 I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Malachi 4:3
Context4:3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord who rules over all.
1 tn The definite article embedded within בַּתּוֹרָה (battorah) may suggest that the Torah is in mind and not just “ordinary” priestly instruction, though it might refer to the instruction previously mentioned (v. 7).
2 tn Or “the Levitical covenant.”
3 tn Heb “turned aside from.”
4 tn Or “statutes” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “decrees”; NLT “laws.”
5 sn The Hebrew word סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah, “special property”) is a technical term referring to all the recipients of God’s redemptive grace, especially Israel (Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18). The
