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Elijah the prophet. Called thus, only here, and in 2Ch_21:12. Elsewhere, always "Elijah the Tishbite", to indicate his own person; but here "Elijah the prophet "because had Israel received Messiah, John the Baptist would have been reckoned as Elijah (see notes on Mat_17:9-13, Mar_9:11-13): and, at His last supper, the wine, representing His blood, would have been (as it will yet be) reckoned as "the blood of the (New) Covenant", as foretold in Jer_31:31-34. Heb_8:8-13; Heb_10:15-17; Heb_12:24).
day of the LORD. See note on Isa_2:12, Isa_2:17; Isa_13:6, &c.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.