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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Malachi 1:14

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:14 Cursed: To “bind with a curse” was to deliver an individual over to misfortune as punishment for a serious crime against the community (see Deut 27:15-26; Jer 48:10). Malachi spoke for the Lord, so the curse was a pronouncement of doom.
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