Who is the Lord God of Israel?

Question

If it was Jesus, the type in quotes would've been colored red (it was not). So, who is the Lord in this reference?

Malachi 2:16 – “I hate divorce” says the Lord God of Israel, “and I hate a man’s covering himself with violence as well as with his garment,” says the Lord Almighty.

Answer 1

It was God. His words are not in red.

Answer 2

That verse actually says

16. If you hate [her], send [her] away, says the Lord God of Israel. For injustice shall cover his garment, said the Lord of Hosts, but you shall beware of your spirit, and do not deal treacherously.

Which basically means you cannot force yourself to be happy being married to someone you cannot stand. In Israel divorce was always legal and even encouraged in some cases.

And it is exactly what it says. The L-rd G-d of Israel. The ONLY G-d of Israel.

Answer 3

GOD’S NAME

The Massorah has a rubric calling attention to these first 4 acrostics. This locks in the name of God according to Hebrew and Biblical scholars. The name also being spelled backwards for Divine reasons, a subject for another time.

Est.1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
( shall give to their husbands honour both to great and small ) Hebrew ( Hi Vekal Hannashim Yittenu ) HVHY

Est.5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
( let the king and Haman come this day ) Hebrew ( Yabo Hammelek Vehaman Hayyom ) YHVH

Est.5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
( this availeth me nothing ) Hebrew ( zeH eynennV shoveH leY ) HVHY

Est.7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
( that there was evil determined against him ) Hebrew ( kY kalethaH elayV haraaH ) YHVH

Also a 5th acrostic of “ I am”, ( I am that I am ) Hebrew ( ehyeh asher ehyeh ) Exo.3:14
Est.7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
( Who is he, and where is he ) Hebrew ( huE zeH veeY zeH ) EHYH “I am”

The Massorah has a special rubric calling attention this acroustic.
Psa.96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
Hebrew ( Yismehu Hashshamayim Vethagel Haarez ) YHVH

Answer 4

John 8:56-58:

56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

57Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Jesus is the I AM

Malachi 3:1 also tells of the messenger who prepares the way, which was John the Baptists.

No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Isaiah calls the Messiah "El Gibor", which is Mighty God in Hebrew. There is only 1 God, not a little god

Answer 5

Jer..3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Answer 6

yhwh -the 4 letter hebrew name of God or tetragrammaton which is also the verb 'to be.'

yhwh is the transliteration of the name but since hebrew do not have vowels, the accepted form became Yahweh and in english later, Jehovah, meaning 'I shall prove to be what I shall prove to be.'

Answer 7

It is the Messiah, of course. (Israel) represents the woman. The Desolated one. Shhhhh.....

Answer 8

GOD THE FATHER THE GREAT I AM DESRIBED IN THE OT HE WAS THE 1 THAT SPOKE TO MOSES AND ALL THE PROFETS OF OLD

Answer 9

yahweh

Answer 10

YHWH