You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Jacob. Prot. reject the authority of this book, partly ( Bible.) on account of this ( Worthington.) ancient tradition. Enoch and Elias will appear in the days of antichrist, to convert many. The Jews will then agree with the Patriarchs, and embrace the religion of Christ. Calmet.—Elias came in the person of John the Baptist, at the first coming of our Saviour, but he will come in person before his second appearance. Bible.—The application which Christ makes of the prediction of Malachy (4:6) to the Baptist, does not exclude this more distant accomplishment. Elias is still alive in some part of the world, as well as Enoch, whom Saint Augustine styled “the first-born (primogenitor) of our resurrection.” De Civ. Dei. xv. 19. 4 Kennicott. 2:11.