Malachi 1:5

You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel and the priests immediately after declaring Edom’s permanent demolition, contrasting their fate with His sovereign judgment.

The words — The Hebrew יִגְדַּל יְהוָה (yigdal Yahweh) translates literally as “Yahweh is great,” while מֵעַל גְּבוּל (me'aval gevul) means “beyond the border.” The verb תִּרְאֶינָה (tir'ehinah) denotes a certain future act of seeing.

The thread — The motif of direct divine observation appears in Deuteronomy 11:7 and Luke 10:23, while the theme of God’s supremacy over foreign nations echoes the judgment against Edom.

Why it lands — The text commands readers to observe God’s visible judgment and acknowledge His sovereignty extends past Israel’s boundaries, requiring recognition of His universal authority.

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The Hebrew words

וְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םve./'ei.nei./Khemand/ eyes/ your תִּרְאֶ֑ינָהtir.'Ei.nahthey will see וְאַתֶּ֤םve./'a.Temand/ you תֹּֽאמְרוּ֙to.me.Ruyou will say יִגְדַּ֣לyig.Dalhe is great יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh מֵעַ֖לme./'Al<from>/ over לִגְב֥וּלli/g.Vul<to>/ [the] border of יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael

King James Version

And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 11:7 For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
Luke 10:23 Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
Psalms 35:26 May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Psalms 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 83:17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Ezekiel 38:16 You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
1 Samuel 12:16 Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
2 Chronicles 29:8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
Deuteronomy 4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
Joshua 24:7 So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.