en_tn/en_tn_39-MAL.tsv

1	Book	Chapter	Verse	ID	SupportReference	OrigQuote	Occurrence	GLQuote	OccurrenceNote
2	MAL	front	intro	axt4			0
3	MAL	1	intro	b7vm			0		Malachi 01 General Notes Special concepts in this chapter Yahweh of hosts This is an important title used in this chapter. It reminds the reader of the great power Yahweh has to punish the nations. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahwehofhosts]]) Important figures of speech in this chapter Rhetorical questions There are many rhetorical questions in this chapter. They all have a rather dramatic effect. They increase the emotional connotations of what is being said. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
4	MAL	1	1	qm8z			0	The declaration of the word of Yahweh to Israel by the hand of Malachi
5	MAL	1	1	x4vm			0	Yahweh	This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.
6	MAL	1	1	lx85	figs-idiom		0	by the hand of Malachi
7	MAL	1	2	vb2m	figs-rquestion		0	How have you loved us?
8	MAL	1	2	cy61	figs-rquestion		0	Was not Esau Jacob's brother?
9	MAL	1	2	l68t			0	declares Yahweh	Yahweh has solemnly said this
10	MAL	1	2	ef9g	figs-explicit		0	I have loved Jacob
11	MAL	1	2	j176	figs-synecdoche		0	I have loved Jacob
12	MAL	1	3	xf47			0	Esau I have hated
13	MAL	1	3	e38q	figs-synecdoche		0	Esau I have hated
14	MAL	1	3	t9bu			0	his mountains	This refers to the hill country of Edom.
15	MAL	1	3	q6yq			0	I have made his inheritance a place for the jackals of the wilderness	In the Old Testament, the presence of wild animals such as jackals was a frequent description of land deserted by the people who once lived there.
16	MAL	1	3	rff9	figs-metaphor		0	his inheritance
17	MAL	1	4	z8qd	figs-metonymy		0	If Edom says
18	MAL	1	4	x6kr	figs-metonymy		0	I will throw down
19	MAL	1	4	zv9v	figs-abstractnouns		0	country of wickedness
20	MAL	1	5	bq14	figs-synecdoche		0	Your own eyes will see this
21	MAL	1	6	zu71			0	General Information:	Yahweh rebukes the priests using an imaginary conversation in which the priests protest that they are doing right and Yahweh tells them what they are doing wrong.
22	MAL	1	6	u3vj	figs-metonymy		0	despise my name
23	MAL	1	6	awt1	figs-rquestion		0	How have we despised your name?
24	MAL	1	7	dyc6	figs-metaphor		0	polluted bread
25	MAL	1	7	v4at	figs-rquestion		0	How have we polluted you?
26	MAL	1	7	h6dv	figs-metaphor		0	polluted you	This expression refers to insulting God by giving him unsuitable sacrifices. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
27	MAL	1	7	efa3			0	table	This refers to an altar.
28	MAL	1	7	xu5y	figs-ellipsis		0	By saying that Yahweh's table is contemptible.
29	MAL	1	7	agd8			0	contemptible	regarded as worthless
30	MAL	1	8	zw52	figs-rquestion		0	When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not evil?
31	MAL	1	8	i5xb	figs-rquestion		0	When you offer the lame and sick, is that not evil?
32	MAL	1	8	f8k3	figs-imperative		0	Present that to your governor! Will he accept you or will he lift up your face?
33	MAL	1	8	kw16	figs-rquestion		0	Will he accept you or will he lift up your face?
34	MAL	1	8	ch8q	figs-idiom		0	will he lift up your face
35	MAL	1	8	j8zc			0	Present	give as a gift to show respect
36	MAL	1	9	d7q3			0	Now you keep asking the face of God, that he may be gracious to us	Malachi is no longer speaking for God. He is talking directly to the Israelites; he is criticizing them for daring to think that God will have mercy on them.
37	MAL	1	9	kht7	figs-synecdoche		0	keep asking the face of God
38	MAL	1	9	r5f4	figs-rquestion		0	with such an offering in your hand, would he lift up any of your faces?
39	MAL	1	9	wg22			0	with such an offering in your hand	This difficult phrase in Hebrew is interpreted in many different ways by modern versions.
40	MAL	1	9	kmg8	figs-synecdoche		0	in your hand
41	MAL	1	9	m84q	figs-idiom		0	would he lift up any of your faces
42	MAL	1	10	w5uc			0	Oh, if only	This expresses great desire.
43	MAL	1	10	pv8h	figs-metonymy		0	so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain
44	MAL	1	10	ju31	figs-synecdoche		0	from your hand
45	MAL	1	11	v4x9	figs-merism		0	from the rising of the sun to its setting
46	MAL	1	11	ls76	figs-metonymy		0	my name will be great among the nations
47	MAL	1	11	rx5c	figs-activepassive		0	in every place incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name
48	MAL	1	11	m2j4	figs-metonymy		0	in my name
49	MAL	1	12	n6gq			0	its fruit, its food
50	MAL	1	13	la3n	figs-idiom		0	snort at it	show great disrespect by making noises through the nose (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
51	MAL	1	13	kz7p	figs-rquestion		0	Should I accept this from your hand?
52	MAL	1	13	nx88	figs-synecdoche		0	from your hand
53	MAL	1	14	v5fd	figs-activepassive		0	my name will be honored among the nations
54	MAL	1	14	z5ra	figs-metonymy		0	my name will be honored
55	MAL	2	intro	jc2b			0		Malachi 02 General Notes Special concepts in this chapter Levites The priests are given a strong warning in this chapter. They have not followed the law of Moses and have led the people in the wrong direction. Yahweh has not accepted their sacrifices. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]) Marital unfaithfulness Because the Jews lived under a covenantal arrangement with Yahweh, their relationship is described using the imagery of a marriage. Marital unfaithfulness indicates a person's unfaithfulness to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
56	MAL	2	2	y1il	figs-idiom		0	lay it on your heart
57	MAL	2	2	w6cs	figs-abstractnouns		0	give honor to my name
58	MAL	2	2	e4vh	figs-metonymy		0	my name	Here this expression refers to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
59	MAL	2	2	k5md	figs-abstractnouns		0	I will send a curse on you
60	MAL	2	2	b7vl	figs-idiom		0	you are not laying my command on your heart
61	MAL	2	3	vsb2	figs-metaphor		0	I will spread dung on your faces
62	MAL	2	3	skc9	figs-metonymy		0	the dung from your festivals
63	MAL	2	3	m2bs	figs-activepassive		0	he will take you away with it
64	MAL	2	3	zti7	figs-metaphor		0	he will take you away with it	Possible meanings of this expression are 1) God will punish the unfaithful priests by killing them and causing their bodies to be carried away on the piles of animal dung, or 2) God will punish the unfaithful priests in such a horrible way that it will be as if their bodies had been carried away with the animal dung. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
65	MAL	2	4	cr4j	figs-metonymy		0	Levi
66	MAL	2	5	x7pv	figs-metonymy		0	General Information:	Yahweh speaks of the tribe of Levi as though they are Levi. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
67	MAL	2	5	t8fs	figs-metaphor		0	My covenant with him was life and peace
68	MAL	2	5	f2if	figs-ellipsis		0	fear, and he feared me
69	MAL	2	5	td35	figs-metonymy		0	in awe of my name
70	MAL	2	6	e73z	figs-metonymy		0	nothing false was found
71	MAL	2	6	pjq6	figs-metonymy		0	on his lips
72	MAL	2	6	u9rh	figs-metaphor		0	He walked with me	Here walking stands for living, conducting one's life in a certain way. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
73	MAL	2	6	ws89	figs-metaphor		0	in peace and uprightness
74	MAL	2	6	p1lh	figs-metaphor		0	he turned many away from sin
75	MAL	2	6	fxl1	figs-metaphor		0	lips
76	MAL	2	7	kp5v	figs-metaphor		0	For a priest's lips should keep knowledge
77	MAL	2	7	d2la	figs-abstractnouns		0	seek instruction
78	MAL	2	7	sp8u	figs-metonymy		0	from his mouth
79	MAL	2	8	si1s	figs-metaphor		0	you have turned away from the true path	The right way to behave is spoken of as if it were the right path to follow, and abandoning right conduct is spoken of as if it were turning away from that path. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
80	MAL	2	8	um6v	figs-metaphor		0	You have caused many to stumble	Disobeying God is spoken of as if it were stumbling. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
81	MAL	2	8	j9xs			0	You have caused many to stumble with respect to the law
82	MAL	2	9	gx4a	figs-metaphor		0	before all the people	This spatial idea stands for the people's awareness of the priests' evil behavior. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
83	MAL	2	9	wq7p	figs-metaphor		0	kept my ways
84	MAL	2	9	z4gm			0	shown partiality with regard to the instruction	set easy standards of behavior for people you like and difficult standards of behavior for people you do not like
85	MAL	2	9	z9yt	figs-metaphor		0	shown partiality
86	MAL	2	10	h2mp			0	General Information:	Here the prophet Malachi begins to speak to his fellow Israelites.
87	MAL	2	10	e1l1	writing-background		0	Is there not one father for us all? Has not one God created us?
88	MAL	2	10	q37t	figs-rquestion		0	Has not one God created us?
89	MAL	2	10	t4al			0	created us	This probably refers to God forming the Hebrews into a nation.
90	MAL	2	10	rm21	figs-rquestion		0	Why are we faithless each man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
91	MAL	2	11	h25u	figs-metonymy		0	Judah has been faithless
92	MAL	2	11	ef4l	figs-activepassive		0	A disgusting thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem
93	MAL	2	11	zbw5	figs-metonymy		0	For Judah has profaned the holy place of Yahweh
94	MAL	2	11	h7i9	figs-metonymy		0	has married the daughter of a foreign god
95	MAL	2	12	bxx3	figs-metaphor		0	May Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who
96	MAL	2	12	tkp6	figs-metaphor		0	the tents of Jacob
97	MAL	2	12	f33m	figs-metonymy		0	Jacob
98	MAL	2	12	vdy5	figs-idiom		0	the one who is awake and the one who answers
99	MAL	2	13	dt29			0	General Information:	Malachi continues to speak to his fellow Israelites.
100	MAL	2	13	sw3f	figs-hyperbole		0	You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears	This sarcastically exaggerates the amount of tears the people cry to show that Yahweh knows that the people do not really feel sad. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
101	MAL	2	13	rx8e	figs-doublet		0	with weeping and sighing
102	MAL	2	13	gt5u	figs-metonymy		0	does not turn toward the offering	Here turning toward a gift stands for receiving it and showing favor to the giver. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
103	MAL	2	13	lbk9	figs-explicit		0	does not turn toward the offering	This implies that those who are weeping at Yahweh's altar have offered sacrifices to him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
104	MAL	2	13	y3lr	figs-synecdoche		0	from your hand
105	MAL	2	14	n6ul	figs-ellipsis		0	Why does he not?
106	MAL	2	14	u2qp			0	the wife of your youth	the woman you married when you were young
107	MAL	2	14	xn6f	writing-background		0	Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth	This statement assumes that this woman is still living. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
108	MAL	2	14	s3k3	figs-metaphor		0	a witness between you and the wife of your youth	Here a witness to an agreement between two people is thought of as standing between them in order to testify about what they agreed to, in case a dispute arises between the two people. This sentence also was meant to remind the people that Yahweh would punish any Israelite who broke the covenant of marriage. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
109	MAL	2	14	mz1q	writing-background		0	she was your companion and your wife by covenant	This statement implies that many of the Israelites had divorced their wives. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
110	MAL	2	14	txe1			0	by covenant	by the covenant of marriage that you agreed to
111	MAL	2	15	x1gi	figs-rquestion		0	Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit?
112	MAL	2	15	qfl1	writing-background		0	make them one
113	MAL	2	15	i3ny			0	an offspring from God	Children who would honor and obey God.
114	MAL	2	16	hp7z	figs-abstractnouns		0	I hate divorce
115	MAL	2	16	ly2g	figs-idiom		0	the one who covers his garment with violence	This phrase probably means any man who is violent toward his wife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
116	MAL	2	16	iv8h			0	So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless	So be careful to be loyal to your wife
117	MAL	2	17	ug3a	figs-metaphor		0	You have wearied Yahweh
118	MAL	2	17	d6k5	figs-rquestion		0	How have we wearied him?
119	MAL	2	17	ba81	figs-explicit		0	By saying
120	MAL	2	17	wde5	figs-metaphor		0	in the eyes
121	MAL	2	17	ze8s	figs-rquestion		0	Where is the God of justice?
122	MAL	2	17	kw1t			0	the God of justice	the God who punishes evildoers justly
123	MAL	3	intro	wb48			0		Malachi 03 General Notes Special concepts in this chapter Messiah There are several prophecies in this chapter concerning the Messiah and the one who comes before the Messiah. At times, this chapter switches between prophesying about the first coming of the Messiah and the second coming of the Messiah without formal divisions between them. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]) Important figures of speech in this chapter Rhetorical questions Several rhetorical questions are used in this chapter to convince the reader of the truth of what he is saying and of their sin. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]])
124	MAL	3	1	zeq2			0	General Information:	Yahweh begins speaking again to the people of Israel in verse 1, but the prophet Malachi begins speaking in verse 2.
125	MAL	3	1	v6se			0	See
126	MAL	3	1	j5pe	figs-metaphor		0	he will prepare the way before me	Here getting people ready to welcome Yahweh is spoken of as if a road were being cleared for Yahweh to travel on. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
127	MAL	3	1	d1j7			0	Then the Lord, whom you seek ... The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight	Some modern versions translate this in a way that implies that these two expressions refer to the same person. Other modern versions leave this matter ambiguous. We recommend that translations leave this matter ambiguous, as the ULT and UST do.
128	MAL	3	1	w8yf			0	The messenger of the covenant
129	MAL	3	2	f24j	figs-rquestion		0	But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears?
130	MAL	3	2	phd6			0	the day of his coming
131	MAL	3	2	z2xe	figs-metaphor		0	be able to stand	Here standing represents resisting someone's attack or accusations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
132	MAL	3	2	iqv7	figs-simile		0	For he will be like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap	This sentence gives the reason why no one will be able to resist God when he comes. God's power to judge the people and to stop them from sinning is spoken of as if it were the power of strong soap to clean clothes, or the power of fire to melt an object. These are ways of saying that God's power to do these things cannot be stopped. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
133	MAL	3	3	bxz3	figs-metaphor		0	he will purify the sons of Levi
134	MAL	3	3	tcd4	figs-metaphor		0	the sons of Levi
135	MAL	3	3	pfr2	figs-simile		0	He will sit	Here sitting implies the action of a metalworker, who sits down in order to purify small amounts of gold or silver. It also implies the action of a king, who sits down to judge people and give decrees. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
136	MAL	3	3	q9li	figs-simile		0	He will refine them like gold and silver	Here persuading people not to sin any longer is spoken of as if a metalworker were making gold and silver more pure. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
137	MAL	3	3	n3xs			0	they will bring offerings of righteousness to Yahweh
138	MAL	3	4	pj3s			0	General Information:	Malachi continues speaking in verse 4, but Yahweh begins speaking again in verse 5.
139	MAL	3	4	ws2l	figs-metonymy		0	the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
140	MAL	3	4	y8h1	figs-parallelism		0	as in the days of old, and as in ancient years
141	MAL	3	5	te3u	figs-abstractnouns		0	Then I will approach you for judgment
142	MAL	3	5	dx2i			0	oppress the hired worker in his wages	cause the hired worker to suffer by not paying him for his work
143	MAL	3	5	k42e	figs-explicit		0	turn away the foreigner
144	MAL	3	6	tl2p			0	General Information:	Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel.
145	MAL	3	6	mep4			0	have not come to an end	have not perished
146	MAL	3	7	ji32	figs-metaphor		0	From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them
147	MAL	3	7	deh7	figs-metaphor		0	Return to me, and I will return to you
148	MAL	3	7	l1ir	figs-rquestion		0	How will we return?
149	MAL	3	8	w6x1			0	General Information:	Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel.
150	MAL	3	8	dn4i	figs-rquestion		0	Would a person rob God?
151	MAL	3	8	ijc5	figs-rquestion		0	How have we robbed you?
152	MAL	3	8	cy6m	figs-explicit		0	In tithes and offerings
153	MAL	3	9	grs1	figs-activepassive		0	You are cursed with a curse
154	MAL	3	9	mr47			0	you are robbing me, the whole nation
155	MAL	3	10	v6qw			0	General Information:	Yahweh continues to speak to the people of Israel.
156	MAL	3	10	n4ch			0	the full tithe	all the tithes
157	MAL	3	10	dmr8	figs-metaphor		0	my house
158	MAL	3	10	wcp4	figs-metaphor		0	and test me now in this ... if I do not open to you the windows of heaven
159	MAL	3	12	mfq1	figs-metaphor		0	All the nations will call you blessed
160	MAL	3	12	bvs1	figs-metonymy		0	All the nations
161	MAL	3	12	rm7v	figs-abstractnouns		0	a land of delight
162	MAL	3	13	l55w			0	General Information:	These verses begin a new section in the book. Here Yahweh is speaking to the people of Israel.
163	MAL	3	13	h229	figs-metaphor		0	Your words against me have been strong
164	MAL	3	13	fv74	figs-rquestion		0	What have we said among ourselves against you?
165	MAL	3	14	hnv8	figs-rquestion		0	What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts?
166	MAL	3	14	j6y1	figs-metaphor		0	walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts
167	MAL	3	14	n7bs	figs-metaphor		0	before Yahweh of hosts	Here this expression refers to God being aware of what the people were doing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
168	MAL	3	15	maa8	figs-metaphor		0	we call the arrogant blessed
169	MAL	3	15	a55n	figs-activepassive		0	we call the arrogant blessed
170	MAL	3	15	e45r	figs-explicit		0	escape
171	MAL	3	16	e2b8			0	General Information:	The event described here may have taken place after the godly people in Israel repented of their sins.
172	MAL	3	16	le6y			0	a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh	This can mean 1) the Israelites wrote a book so they would remember what they had promised and listed the names of people who feared Yahweh or 2) Yahweh caused someone in heaven to write a book with the names of people who feared him.
173	MAL	3	16	tdq5	figs-abstractnouns		0	book of remembrance	This expression refers to any book that helps people remember important things, such as events or people who lived in the past. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
174	MAL	3	16	b8vc	figs-metonymy		0	honored his name
175	MAL	3	17	em21			0	They will be mine	They will be my people
176	MAL	3	17	j5ap	figs-abstractnouns		0	my own treasured possession
177	MAL	3	17	pp17			0	I act	the time when Yahweh will judge and punish the rebellious Israelites, giving victory to the faithful Israelites
178	MAL	3	18	d9hz			0	distinguish between
179	MAL	4	intro	azp5			0		Malachi 04 General Notes Special concepts in this chapter Last days Although the Jews may have hoped these prophecies referenced a time in the near future to them, the prophecies of this chapter exclusively relate to the last days. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lastday]])
180	MAL	4	1	q73f			0	see
181	MAL	4	1	y5w1	figs-metaphor		0	the day is coming, burning like a furnace	The disaster occurring at this time is spoken of as if the day itself were burning. God's judgment is often spoken of as if it were a fire. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
182	MAL	4	1	e9jy			0	arrogant ... evildoers	See how you translated these wordsd in Malachi 3:15.
183	MAL	4	1	i1qy	figs-metaphor		0	all the arrogant and all the evildoers will become stubble
184	MAL	4	1	f4xr	figs-metonymy		0	The day that is coming will burn them up
185	MAL	4	1	x4ll	figs-merism		0	it will leave them neither root nor branch
186	MAL	4	2	tqe5	figs-metonymy		0	you who fear my name
187	MAL	4	2	jc14			0	the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings	This can mean 1) Yahweh, who always acts righteously, will come and heal his people on that day or 2) on that day Yahweh will reveal the people's righteousness and heal them.
188	MAL	4	2	p4nc	figs-abstractnouns		0	healing in its wings	Possible meanings are 1) the act of healing someone is spoken of as if it were an object that the sun carried to people by means of its wings or 2) the healing takes place under the wings, that is, in the security God gives his people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
189	MAL	4	2	n991	figs-metaphor		0	wings	It was common in the Ancient Near East to speak of the sun as if it had wings, with which it moved across the sky. Possible meanings are 1) the sun's life-giving rays of light are spoken of as if they were its wings or 2) the wings are said to cover God's people so as to give them peace and safey. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
190	MAL	4	2	is44	figs-simile		0	You will go out, and you will leap like calves from the stall	Here the redeemed people of Yahweh are spoken of as if they were young bulls released from their stalls, allowed to go out into their pasture. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
191	MAL	4	3	cn2r	figs-metaphor		0	you will trample down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet	Here the victory of God's people is spoken of as if they were walking over the burned bodies of their enemies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
192	MAL	4	3	f8ct			0	they will be ashes	The Israelites' enemies are spoken of as having been burned to ashes (Malachi 4:1).
193	MAL	4	4	if2v	figs-abstractnouns		0	Remember the teaching of my servant Moses that I gave him
194	MAL	4	4	td5c			0	Remember
195	MAL	4	4	n5dr			0	Horeb	This is another name for Sinai.
196	MAL	4	4	r85g	figs-metonymy		0	all Israel
197	MAL	4	4	arq6			0	the statutes	These are the laws that God gave Israel for all time.
198	MAL	4	4	l5p2			0	the rulings	These are legal decisions meant to make clear how the general statutes apply to everyday life.
199	MAL	4	5	cnc1	figs-metaphor		0	the coming of the great and fearful day of Yahweh
200	MAL	4	5	s6ig			0	the great and fearful day of Yahweh	This expression refers to any time in which Yahweh acts decisively.
201	MAL	4	6	kql7	figs-metaphor		0	He will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers	Here changing how people think is spoken of as if it were turning their hearts. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])