Discovery BoxMalachi 1:4 
Context1:4 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.
Malachi 1:11
Context1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” 4 says the Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 1:13
Context1:13 You also say, ‘How tiresome it is.’ You turn up your nose at it,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?” 5 asks the Lord.
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).
2 sn The epithet
3 tn Heb “and they will call them.” The third person plural subject is indefinite; one could translate, “and people will call them.”
4 sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the
5 tn Heb “from your hand,” a metonymy of part (the hand) for whole (the person).
