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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
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament in Christian order. The temple has been rebuilt, yet worship has grown lazy: blemished offerings, dishonest priests, broken marriages and withheld tithes. The book unfolds as a series of disputes where God makes a claim and the people answer back, 'How have we?' It closes by promising a messenger who will prepare the way, which links directly to the opening of the New Testament.
Author: Traditionally attributed to a prophet named Malachi, whose name means 'my messenger'.
When it was written: Probably around 450 to 400 BC.
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.
The gospels see the promised messenger fulfilled in John the Baptist, which bridges the two Testaments.
The question and answer format makes this book read almost like a courtroom conversation. After Malachi comes roughly four centuries with no new scripture. Use the randomizer above to land on a verse in Malachi, then press Show context to read the verses around it.
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Malachi has 4 chapters and 55 verses in the King James Version.
Author: Traditionally attributed to a prophet named Malachi, whose name means 'my messenger'. When it was written: Probably around 450 to 400 BC.
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament in Christian order. The temple has been rebuilt, yet worship has grown lazy: blemished offerings, dishonest priests, broken marriages and withheld tithes. The book unfolds as a series of disputes where God makes a claim and the people answer back, 'How have we?' It closes by promising a messenger who will prepare the way, which links directly to the opening of the New Testament.
Yes. This page picks a random verse from Malachi only. Every one of its 55 verses has an equal chance.