ESV Expository Commentary: Daniel–Malachi

ESV Expository Commentary #7

by Iain M. Duguid (Series Editor), James M. Hamilton Jr. (Editor), Jay Sklar (Editor)

Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have gathered a team of experienced pastor-theologians to provide a new generation of pastors and other teachers of the Bible around the world with a globally minded commentary series rich in biblical theology and broadly Reformed doctrine, making the message of redemption found in all of Scripture clear and available to all.

Thirteen contributors explain the shorter Prophetic Books of the Old Testament--Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi--with biblical insight and pastoral wisdom, showing readers the hope that is offered even amidst judgment.

Contributors include:
Mitchell L. Chase
George Schwab
Allan M. Harman
Michael G. McKelvey
Max Rogland
Jay Sklar
Stephen J. Dempster
Daniel Timmer
David G. Firth
Jason S. DeRouchie
Michael Stead
Anthony R. Petterson
Eric Ortlund

Genres: Reference, Theology

800 pages, Hardcover

Published September 30, 2018

About the author

married to Barbara R. Duguid

Reviews

[Mark Donald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read Micah (by Stephen Dempster). (Summer 2022)

Completed a 3 week series in Micah. Some helpful exegetical outline work (though labeled more cleverly than clearly), good theological reflection on how it applies to us this side of the cross.

Read the Daniel section while preaching Daniel. (2021)

Excellent resource for expository preaching. Fantastic structure work and summary sections. Really helped especially with the challenges of the second half of the book.

[Jonathan Ginn]

This review is only for Mitch Chase's commentary on Daniel.

4/5

Of all the commentaries I used in my study of the book of Daniel, this is probably the one I aligned most closely with when it comes to the more controversial sections of the book (e.g., Dan 9:24-27; 11:36-45). Portions of the commentary felt rather skimpy at times, but overall this is an excellent resource for laymen that also addresses aspects of literary structure.

[Drew]

I used this commentary for preaching through Hosea. Helpful.

[Kasia Hubbard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the format of this set of commentary. Crossway has really done an excellent job. The print is big enough to see. There is plenty of room to make notes within the pages. Each book of the bible has an overview, title and author, date and occasion, setting and audience (if applicable), genre and literary features, theology, relationship to the rest of the bible and to Christ, preaching from this book, an in depth outline, and then dives right in to the text. What I love about this commentary: The biblical text of the book is within the commentary. Each section is then broken down with the text, and then the notes for that text follows, and my absolute favorite part...a response section, before moving on to the next section that is then broken down again in the same pattern.

I really appreciate the wisdom within the pages of the commentary. It's easy to read without the language being at a level of a PHD student, yet so informative that you still learn quite a bit while reading. It's not a verse by verse commentary, but the information within is different and yet more in depth than say the ESV study bible notes. I included a picture of a regular ESV study bible, a large print ESV study bible, and the commentary for you to see how the print size measures up. It is a larger book that will look beautiful on your study library shelf, but full of information that you will glean much from. Worth every inch on your shelf.

The commentary I was given to review is volume 7, Daniel - Malachi, and the contributors are listed as follows. Daniel: Mitchell L. Chase, Hosea: George M. Schwab Sr., Joel: Allan M. Harman, Amos: Michael G. McKelvey, Obadiah: Max Rogland, Jonah: Jay Skalr, Micah: Stephen G. Dempster, Nahum: Daniel C. Timmer, Habakkuk: David G. Firth, Zephaniah: Jason S. DeRouchie, Haggai: Michael Stead, Zechariah: Anthony, R. Peterson, Malachi: Eric Ortlund. Honestly, all of the Ortlund brothers add so much dimension to our knowledge.

*I received a copy of this book from Crossway. This review is my own opinion*

[Peter Krol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some terrific contributions, and some forgettable ones.

[Jonah Hill]

Finished McKelvey’s commentary on Amos. A great balance of academic insight from the text wedded with pastoral application throughout. Very good.