Malachi: The Final Messenger - Full Lyrics and Scripture Annotations
Malachi One
I have loved you, says the shadow on the throne (Malachi 1:2 NLT)
Yet you tilt your head and whisper, "How?" (Malachi 1:2 NLT)
Was not the twin a brother in the blood-red loam? (Malachi 1:2 NLT)
One I wrapped in light, the other I cast down (Malachi 1:3 NLT)
Turned his jagged peaks to jackal-haunted stone (Malachi 1:3 NLT)
A wasteland where the wild winds still moan (Malachi 1:4 NLT)
Your eyes will widen when the ruins speak alone (Malachi 1:5 NLT)
"The Lord is greater than these borders ever known." (Malachi 1:5 NLT)
A SON HONORS FATHER, A SLAVE HIS LORD IN CHAINS (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
WHERE IS MY HONOR? WHERE IS MY HOLY FEAR? (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
YOU PRIESTS SPIT ON MY NAME WITH YOUR TAINTED GAINS (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
BLIND LAMBS, LAME HEARTS, SICK OFFERINGS HERE! (Malachi 1:8 NLT)
You drag polluted bread across My table’s edge (Malachi 1:7 NLT)
And yawn, "What a weariness to serve this King." (Malachi 1:13 NLT)
Stolen, crippled, dying beasts you boldly pledge (Malachi 1:13 NLT)
Would your own ruler swallow such a rotten thing? (Malachi 1:8 NLT)
I take no pleasure in your hollow masquerade (Malachi 1:10 NLT)
No offering of yours will I embrace today. (Malachi 1:10 NLT)
From the first light bleeding till the last ember dies (Malachi 1:11 NLT)
My name will thunder through the nations’ skies (Malachi 1:11 NLT)
Pure incense rising where no temple stands (Malachi 1:11 NLT)
I am the Great King—tremble at My hands (Malachi 1:14 NLT)
But cursed is the liar who vows the finest prize (Malachi 1:14 NLT)
Then slips the broken, the defiled, the compromised. (Malachi 1:14 NLT)
A SON HONORS FATHER, A SLAVE HIS LORD IN CHAINS (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
WHERE IS MY HONOR? WHERE IS MY HOLY FEAR? (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
YOU PRIESTS SPIT ON MY NAME WITH YOUR TAINTED GAINS (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
BLIND LAMBS, LAME HEARTS, SICK OFFERINGS HERE! (Malachi 1:8 NLT)
My name… is great… among the nations… (Malachi 1:11 NLT)
Great… among the nations… (Malachi 1:11 NLT)
I have loved you… (Malachi 1:2 NLT)
Yet you show contempt… in the dark. (Malachi 1:6 NLT)
Malachi Two
And now this command is for you, O priests of the night (Malachi 2:1 NLT)
Will you listen… or let the blessings die? (Malachi 2:2 NLT)
If you will not take My name to heart (Malachi 2:2 NLT)
I will send the curse that cannot be denied (Malachi 2:2 NLT)
I will curse your blessings till they turn to dust (Malachi 2:2 NLT)
Your offerings scattered like ashes in the gust. (Malachi 2:3 NLT)
HAVE WE NOT ALL ONE FATHER? (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
DID NOT ONE GOD CREATE US ALL? (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
WHY DO WE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY? (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
PROPHANING THE COVENANT — WATCH IT FALL! (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
You cover the altar with tears and with groans (Malachi 2:13 NLT)
You weep because the wife of your youth is alone (Malachi 2:14 NLT)
She was your partner, the wife of your covenant vow (Malachi 2:14 NLT)
Yet you cast her off like a broken vow (Malachi 2:14 NLT)
The Lord is witness between you and the one you betrayed (Malachi 2:14 NLT)
Take heed to your spirit before the light fades. (Malachi 2:15 NLT)
My covenant with Levi was life and peace (Malachi 2:5 NLT)
Fear and reverence, a flame that would not cease (Malachi 2:5 NLT)
True instruction was in his mouth, no wrong was found (Malachi 2:6 NLT)
But you have turned aside and caused the stumbling crowd (Malachi 2:8 NLT)
Therefore I have made you despised and low (Malachi 2:9 NLT)
You have corrupted the covenant — now watch it grow. (Malachi 2:8 NLT)
HAVE WE NOT ALL ONE FATHER? (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
DID NOT ONE GOD CREATE US ALL? (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
WHY DO WE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY? (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
PROPHANING THE COVENANT — WATCH IT FALL! (Malachi 2:10 NLT)
Take heed to your spirit… (Malachi 2:15 NLT)
The Lord is witness… (Malachi 2:14 NLT)
God hates the putting away… (Malachi 2:16 NLT)
Yet still the covenant remains… (Malachi 2:16 NLT)
In the dark. (Malachi 2:17 NLT)
Malachi Three
Behold, I send My messenger before My face (Malachi 3:1 NLT)
He will prepare the way — will you make it straight? (Malachi 3:1 NLT)
The Lord whom you seek will suddenly appear (Malachi 3:1 NLT)
But who can endure the day that draws so near? (Malachi 3:2 NLT)
He comes like refiner’s fire, like launderer’s soap (Malachi 3:2 NLT)
To purify the sons of Levi — watch them burn and hope. (Malachi 3:3 NLT)
WILL YOU ROB YOUR GOD? (Malachi 3:8 NLT)
RETURN TO ME — I WILL RETURN TO YOU! (Malachi 3:7 NLT)
BRING THE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE NOW (Malachi 3:10 NLT)
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WILL POUR DOWN ON YOU! (Malachi 3:10 NLT)
Your words have been harsh against Me, says the Lord (Malachi 3:13 NLT)
You say "What profit is it to serve the Lord?" (Malachi 3:14 NLT)
The arrogant are blessed, the evildoers thrive (Malachi 3:15 NLT)
Yet those who fear My name will stay alive (Malachi 3:16 NLT)
They will be Mine on the day I make My own (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
A treasured possession — never overthrown. (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
I will send the refiner’s fire into the night (Malachi 3:2 NLT)
I will purify the sons of Levi in My sight (Malachi 3:3 NLT)
They will offer righteous offerings once again (Malachi 3:3 NLT)
And the offering of Judah will be sweet to Me then. (Malachi 3:4 NLT)
WILL YOU ROB YOUR GOD? (Malachi 3:8 NLT)
RETURN TO ME — I WILL RETURN TO YOU! (Malachi 3:7 NLT)
BRING THE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE NOW (Malachi 3:10 NLT)
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WILL POUR DOWN ON YOU! (Malachi 3:10 NLT)
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another… (Malachi 3:16 NLT)
A book of remembrance was written before Me… (Malachi 3:16 NLT)
They shall be Mine… on that day… (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
The Lord of hosts… will spare them… (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
In the dark. (Malachi 3:18 NLT)
Malachi Four
For behold the day is coming, burning like an oven (Malachi 4:1 NLT)
All the arrogant and evildoers will be stubble then (Malachi 4:1 NLT)
The day that comes will set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts (Malachi 4:1 NLT)
Leaving neither root nor branch — only smoke and ghosts (Malachi 4:1 NLT)
But for you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness will rise (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
With healing in His wings — you will go out and leap like calves released. (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
REMEMBER THE LAW OF MOSES… (Malachi 4:4 NLT)
BEHOLD I SEND ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT DAY! (Malachi 4:5 NLT)
HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN (Malachi 4:6 NLT)
AND THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS… (Malachi 4:6 NLT)
OR I WILL COME AND STRIKE THE LAND WITH A CURSE! (Malachi 4:6 NLT)
They will be Mine, says the Lord, on the day I make up My treasure (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
A book of remembrance was written for those who feared My name (Malachi 3:16 NLT)
They will be My treasured possession when I act (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves. (Malachi 3:17 NLT)
But for you who fear My name… (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
The Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings… (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall… (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
And you will tread down the wicked… (Malachi 4:3 NLT)
Like ashes under the soles of your feet… (Malachi 4:3 NLT)
On the day I act, says the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 4:3 NLT)
REMEMBER THE LAW OF MOSES… (Malachi 4:4 NLT)
BEHOLD I SEND ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT DAY! (Malachi 4:5 NLT)
HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN (Malachi 4:6 NLT)
AND THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS… (Malachi 4:6 NLT)
OR I WILL COME AND STRIKE THE LAND WITH A CURSE! (Malachi 4:6 NLT)
The Sun of Righteousness… will rise… (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
With healing… in His wings… (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
You will leap… like calves from the stall… (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
The Lord of hosts… has spoken… (Malachi 4:3 NLT)
In the light. (Malachi 4:2 NLT)
