{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/sco/mal001.htm","path":"bib/cmt/sco/mal001.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/sco/mal001.htm","text":"The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]\nEdom\nThat is, Esau's descendants.\nSee (Gen 25:30).\nif then I be a father\n(See Scofield) - (Isa 63:16).\nThe relationship here is national, not personal (Jer 3:18); (Jer 3:19) here, apparently, the Jews were calling Jehovah, \"Father,\" but yielding Him no filial obedience.\nSee; (Joh 8:37-39); (Rom 9:1-8).\nWho is there\nOr, I would that one among you would shut the doors of the temple that no more vain fire should kindle on mine altar.\nCompare (Isa 1:11-15).\nFor from the raising\nThat is, so it would have been had Israel been true. (Isa 45:5); (Isa 45:6). So it shall be despite Israel's failure.","title":"The Scofield Bible Commentary: Malachi: Malachi Chapter 1","type":"page"}