John Trapp Complete Commentary - Malachi 1:4
Mal 1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. Ver. 4. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished ] Or, thrust out of house and home, and reduced to extreme indigence; yet we will return, and build the desolate places. We will do it all, despite di Deo (as... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Malachi 1:3
Mal 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Ver. 3. And I hated Esau ] i.e. I loved him not as I did Jacob; I passed him by, and let him alone, to perish in his corruption and for his sin. And for his posterity, whereas they were carried captives by Nebuchadnezzar (as Israel also was), I have not turned again their captivity, but laid their land desolate; rased and harassed their cities and castles, made them a habitation of... read more