Malachi 1:1

Malachi · Old Testament · Chapter 1

“The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.”Malachi 1:1

What Does Malachi 1:1 Mean?

Malachi 1:1 is found in the book of Malachi, chapter 1, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (12)

These passages are connected to Malachi 1:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Jeremiah 23:33“And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.”Isaiah 13:1“The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.”Habakkuk 1:1“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.”2 Kings 9:25“Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;”Ezekiel 12:10“Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.”Nahum 1:1“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”Haggai 1:1“In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,”Haggai 2:1“In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,”Zechariah 9:1“The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.”Zechariah 12:1“The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.”1 Kings 10:29“And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.”Jeremiah 23:14“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.”

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