The Bible — notes and cross-references in Malachi | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 1

1:14^b King

Psa. 47:2
1:14^a blemished

Lev. 22:20
1:12^a table

Mal. 1:7
1:11^a rising

Psa. 113:3; Isa. 59:19
1:7^a table

Mal. 1:12; Ezek. 41:22
1:6^d fear

Deut. 6:13; Job 28:28; Acts 9:31; Rev. 15:4
1:6^c Lord

Deut. 9:26; 10:17; Psa. 8:1; Hab. 3:19; Luke 6:46
1:6^b honor

Exo. 20:12
1:6^a Father

Deut. 32:6; Psa. 89:26; Isa. 63:16; 64:8
1:5¹ over

Here over the territory of Israel means outside that territory. Even though the nation of Edom has been condemned and the people of Edom are the object of God’s indignation, even in Edom, outside Israel, Jehovah will be magnified.
1:4¹ Edom

A nation of the descendants of Esau (Gen. 36:1), the twin brother of Jacob.
1:3^a desolation

Jer. 49:18; Ezek. 25:13-14; Obad. 1:10
1:2^b Jacob

Rom. 9:13
1:2^a loved

Deut. 7:8; 10:15
1:1¹ Malachi

Meaning the messenger of Jah (Jah being a shortened form of Jehovah), or My messenger (cf. Mal. 3:1). The name indicates that Malachi was a messenger of God to minister the word of God to His people Israel.
The central thought of Malachi’s prophecy is the correcting of the priests among Israel for the coming of Christ as the Messenger of God (Mal. 3:1a) and the advising of the people of Israel for the appearing of Christ as the Sun of righteousness (Mal. 4:2).