Discovery BoxMalachi 1:5 
Context1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified 1 even beyond the border of Israel!’”
Malachi 2:4
Context2:4 Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant 2 may continue to be with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.
1 tn Or “Great is the
2 sn My covenant refers to the priestly covenant through Aaron and his grandson Phinehas (see Exod 6:16-20; Num 25:10-13; Jer 33:21-22). The point here is to contrast the priestly ideal with the disgraceful manner in which it was being carried out in postexilic times.
