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Malachi 3:1 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Malachi 3:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Malachi chapter 3 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The Messenger of the Covenant
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Malachi 3:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Malachi 3:1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.This verse stands as one of the most explicit Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament, foretelling both the forerunner and the coming of the Lord Himself. The Hebrew phrase וּפִנָּה־דֶרֶךְ לְפָנָי (u-finnah-derekh lefanai), "and he shall prepare the way before me," speaks of the ministry of John the Baptist, whom Christ Himself identified as the messenger ...
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Cross-References for Malachi 3:1
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“I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.”
“child”
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.{Malachi 3:1},As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.,,,,,,,,”
“I tell you”
“and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them”
“of whom it is written”
“and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.”
“John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
“Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.,The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God., קוֹל קוֹרֵא בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה יַשְּׁרוּ בָּעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לֵאלֹהֵינוּ׃ ,Hark! one calleth: Clear ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD”
“sent from God”