Malachi’s statement-and-question format hints at possible interpretation

Final prophet in Old Testament repeats familiar themes

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Sometimes there may be more of a message in how we say something than the words that we use. And that may be the case with the book of Malachi, the last of the minor prophets of the Old Testament.

In many ways, the content of Malachi’s¹ book echoes that of the many other Old Testament…