Malachi
Malachi 2:3 "dung"- All other occ. are burned with body of
the sin offering; part of
sacrifices. East. "dung upon your faces" - terrible disgrace.
"dung of your solemn
feasts"=dung from sacrificed cows. Dung collected on dung hill. [Pillai
#756]
Malachi 2:14 "she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant"
Heb. chabereth (LXX koinonia ) "companion" only
here with "covenant" in the Bible.
Malachi 2:15 "godly seed" Occurs only here.
Malachi 3:2 East. "refiner's fire"=very hot fire of goldsmith.
"fuller's soap"=type of
earth used in cleaning, better than soap. [Pillai #756]
Malachi 3:11 "the devourer" Compare the "rebuke"
of Satan in Zechariah 3:2, and Jude 9.