Malachi 1:1 (YLT)

Passage

The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:

Nearby Context

Malachi 1:1 The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:

Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?'

Malachi 1:3 Is not Esau Jacob's brother? --an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "burden", "word", "jehovah", "israel", "hand", and "malachi". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "burden" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "I have loved you said Jehovah And...", so "burden" and "word" should be read forward into that movement. In Malachi context, the local focus is covenant faithfulness, priestly corruption, divine justice, and the coming day of the LORD.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "burden" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.