Spoke 17: 1Kings 17 and Malachi 2
Elijah was known in Malachi and the New Testament times to turn the hearts of the father to the children and the children to their fathers. John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah/Elias and fulfilled his role. However Elijah will return in the future to fulfill his calling once again.
[Malachi 4:6 KJV]
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
[Luke 1:17 KJV]
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
How was it interpreted that Elijah was meant to fulfill this role? Could it be that the city where he came from, Tishbeh, comes from the word repent/return (shub)? It certainly is close to the next Hebrew word in the phrase Towshab.
שוב ישב שבת שבה
There appears to be a slight to strong kinship between the meanings of the four root forms
שוב (
shub),
ישב (
yashab),
שבת (
shabbat) and
שבה (
shaba). And their forms are so adjacent that the effects of conjugation and grammatical constructions sometimes obscure the exact origin of derived words or names. Roots and meanings of words in narrative text can usually be estimated by their contexts, but even when these are clear, the interpreter should always keep an eye on the other roots and keep an open mind for alternative translations.
http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Tishbite.html#.W7_Nepd95uM
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The heaven was shut over what Elijah prophesied, whatever came out of his mouth in 1Kings 17:1. And at the end of the chapter the woman whose son Elijah raised said the word of the LORD in his mouth is truth.
Malachi mentions that the priest who practiced the law had God's word in his mouth and truth:
Elijah's sentence starts with, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, whereas God's covenant with the Levite was for life and peace:
Comparing 1Kings 17
with Malachi the 17th Book of the 2nd Cycle
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1Kings 17 - Listen
1 And Elijah
the Tishbite,
who was of the inhabitants
of Gilead,
said
unto Ahab,
As the LORD
God
of Israel
liveth,
before
whom I stand,
there shall not be dew
nor rain
these years,
but according
to my word.
2 And the word
of the LORD
came unto him, saying,
3 Get
thee hence, and turn
thee eastward,
and hide
thyself by the brook
Cherith,
that is before
Jordan.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink
of the brook;
and I have commanded
the ravens
to feed
thee there.
5 So he went
and did
according unto the word
of the LORD:
for he went
and dwelt
by the brook
Cherith,
that is before
Jordan.
6 And the ravens
brought
him bread
and flesh
in the morning,
and bread
and flesh
in the evening;
and he drank
of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after
a while,
that the brook
dried up,
because there had been no rain
in the land.
8 And the word
of the LORD
came unto him, saying,
9 Arise,
get
thee to Zarephath,
which belongeth to Zidon,
and dwell
there: behold, I have commanded
a widow
woman
there to sustain
thee.
10 So he arose
and went
to Zarephath.
And when he came
to the gate
of the city,
behold, the widow
woman
was there gathering
of sticks:
and he called
to her, and said,
Fetch
me, I pray thee, a little
water
in a vessel,
that I may drink.
11 And as she was going
to fetch
it, he called
to her, and said,
Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel
of bread
in thine hand.
12 And she said,
As the LORD
thy God
liveth,
I have
not a cake,
but an handful
*
of meal
in a barrel,
and a little
oil
in a cruse:
and, behold, I am gathering
two
sticks,
that I may go in
and dress
it for me and my son,
that we may eat
it, and die.
13 And Elijah
said
unto her, Fear
not; go
and do
as thou hast said:
but make
me thereof
a little
cake
first,
and bring
it unto me, and after
make
for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith
the LORD
God
of Israel,
The barrel
of meal
shall not waste,
neither shall the cruse
of oil
fail,
until the day
that the LORD
sendeth
rain
upon
the earth.
15 And she went
and did
according to the saying
of Elijah:
and she, and he, and her house,
did eat
many days.
16 And the barrel
of meal
wasted
not, neither did the cruse
of oil
fail,
according to the word
of the LORD,
which he spake
by
Elijah.
17 And it came to pass after
these things,
that the son
of the woman,
the mistress
of the house,
fell sick;
and his sickness
was so
sore,
that there was no breath
left
in him.
18 And she said
unto Elijah,
What have I to do with thee, O thou man
of God?
art thou come
unto me to call
my sin
to remembrance,
and to slay
my son?
*
19 And he said
unto her, Give
me thy son.
And he took
him out of her bosom,
and carried him up
into a loft,
where he abode,
and laid
him upon his own bed.
20 And he cried
unto the LORD,
and said,
O LORD
my God,
hast thou also brought evil
upon the widow
with whom I sojourn,
by slaying
her son?
21 And he stretched
himself upon the child
three
times,
and cried
unto the LORD,
and said,
O LORD
my God,
I pray thee, let this child's
soul
come
into him
again.
*
22 And the LORD
heard
the voice
of Elijah;
and the soul
of the child
came
into him
again,
and he revived.
*
23 And Elijah
took
the child,
and brought him down
out of the chamber
into the house,
and delivered
him unto his mother:
and Elijah
said,
See,
thy son
liveth.
24 And the woman
said
to Elijah,
Now by this
I know
that thou art a man
of God,
and that the word
of the LORD
in thy mouth
is truth.
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Malachi 2 - Listen
1 And now, O ye priests,
this commandment
is for you.
2 If ye will not hear,
and if ye will not lay
it to heart,
to give
glory
unto my name,
saith
the LORD
of hosts,
I will even send
a curse
upon you, and I will curse
your blessings:
yea, I have cursed
them already, because ye do not lay
it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt
your seed,
and spread
dung
upon your faces,
even the dung
of your solemn feasts;
and one shall take you away
with it.
4 And ye shall know
that I have sent
this commandment
unto you, that my covenant
might be with Levi,
saith
the LORD
of hosts.
5 My covenant
was with him of life
and peace;
and I gave
them to him for the fear
wherewith he feared
me, and was afraid
before
my name.
6 The law
of truth
was in his mouth,
and iniquity
was not found
in his lips:
he walked
with me in peace
and equity,
and did turn
many
away
from iniquity.
*
7 For the priest's
lips
should keep
knowledge,
and they should seek
the law
at his mouth:
for he is the messenger
of the LORD
of hosts.
8 But ye are departed
out of the way;
ye have caused many
to stumble
at the law;
ye have corrupted
the covenant
of Levi,
saith
the LORD
of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made
you contemptible
and base
before all the people,
according
as ye have not kept
my ways,
but have been partial
*
in the law.
10 Have we not all one
father?
hath not one
God
created
us? why do we deal treacherously
every man
against his brother,
by profaning
the covenant
of our fathers?
11 Judah
hath dealt treacherously,
and an abomination
is committed
in Israel
and in Jerusalem;
for Judah
hath profaned
the holiness
of the LORD
which he loved,
and hath married
the daughter
of a strange
god.
12 The LORD
will cut off
the man
that doeth
this, the master
and the scholar,
out of the tabernacles
of Jacob,
and him that offereth
an offering
unto the LORD
of hosts.
13 And this have ye done
again,
covering
the altar
of the LORD
with tears,
with weeping,
and with crying out,
insomuch that he regardeth
not the offering
any more, or receiveth
it with good will
at your hand.
14 Yet ye say,
Wherefore?
Because the LORD
hath been witness
between thee and the wife
of thy youth,
against whom thou hast dealt treacherously:
yet is she thy companion,
and the wife
of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make
one?
Yet had he the residue
of the spirit.
And wherefore one?
That he might seek
a godly
seed.
Therefore take heed
to your spirit,
and let none deal treacherously
against the wife
of his youth.
16 For the LORD,
the God
of Israel,
saith
that he hateth
putting away:
for one covereth
violence
with his garment,
saith
the LORD
of hosts:
therefore take heed
to your spirit,
that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied
the LORD
with your words.
Yet ye say,
Wherein have we wearied
him? When ye say,
Every one that doeth
evil
is good
in the sight
of the LORD,
and he delighteth
in them; or, Where is the God
of judgment?
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