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Malachi 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Malachi 1:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Malachi 1:425 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תֹאמַ֨רtōʾmar
it will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱד֜וֹםʾĕdwōm
EdomnounH123
Edomites · Idumea
רֻשַּׁ֗שְׁנוּrušašənw
we have been shatteredverbH7567
וְ/נָשׁוּב֙wənāšwb
and we may returnconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
וְ/נִבְנֶ֣הwənibəneh
so we may rebuildconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
חֳרָב֔וֹתḥŏrābwōt
the ruinsnounH2723
desolate (place · -tion) · destruction · waste
כֹּ֤הkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַר֙ʾāmar
he saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָא֔וֹתṣəbāʾwōt
of hostsnounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
הֵ֥מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יִבְנ֖וּyibənw
they will buildverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
וַ/אֲנִ֣יwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֶהֱר֑וֹסʾehĕrwōs
I will tear downverbH2040
break (down · through) · destroy · overthrow ···
וְ/קָרְא֤וּwəqārəʾw
and people will callconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
גְּב֣וּלgəbwl
a territory ofnounH1366
bound · coast · great · landmark ···
רִשְׁעָ֔הrišəʿāh
wickednessnounH7564
wickedly
וְ/הָ/עָ֛םwəhāʿām
and the peopleconjH5971
men · nation · people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
זָעַ֥םzāʿam
he was indignantverbH2194
abominable · angry · defy · indignation
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is ...
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