Cross references

Malachi 1:4

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Malachi 1:4 BSB

Malachi 1:4 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 25:14 (7 votes) and Ezekiel 35:9 (5 votes). 38 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 25 to James 4.

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Which verses does Malachi 1:4 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’

  2. I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  3. A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

  4. All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say: “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

  5. Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

  6. They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

  7. When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

  8. Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? …

  9. So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

  10. Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

  11. Job 9:42 votes
  12. Job 12:142 votes
  13. Job 34:292 votes
  14. It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.

  15. Amos 6:22 votes

Which verses point to Malachi 1:4?

The 10 strongest of 38.