Comentario citado sobre Malaquías 3:7

A possible weakness with this approach is that it appears to be inconsistent with how Neviim usually deliver their speeches. There is almost always a "but you can change it" part that comes afterwards. Examples of offering the Teshuvah option include Yeshayahu 1:19, Hoshea 14:2-10, and Malachi 3:7-12. In addition, this seems inconsistent with Yonah’s personality. When speaking to sailors in chapter one Yonah either said nothing or went far beyond the scope of the question asked. The “half in half out” style with which he approaches Ninveh is not his motif.

“And they shall put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel.” And Moses changed the order and said, And you shall touch it to the lintel and to the two doorposts. According to the midrashic approach (Eichah Rabbah 5:21), we can say that they said that the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel (Malachi 3:7), Return to Me first, and afterward I will return to you. And the congregation of Israel responds, “I do not have the strength to return first; rather, You be the one who initiates,” as it is said (Lamentations 5:21), Return us, O Lord, to You, and afterward, and we will return.
In this way, it can be interpreted that the lintel [mashkof] represents the Holy One, blessed be He, who is above all, as it is said (Psalms 102:20), For He looked down [hishkif] from His holy height. And the two doorposts that support the lintel represent the merit of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, as it is written (Deuteronomy 33:27), The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. For the Patriarchs are beneath the Divine Chariot, and they are the arms of the world [such that the lintels would represent the arms].
Therefore, the Holy One, blessed be He, said, as one who gives honor to those who fear Him, And they shall put it on the two doorposts first, and afterward on the lintel, suggesting that the righteous descendants of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs should be the ones to initiate. But Moses said, And you shall touch it to the lintel first, because we do not have the strength to initiate.

I sought him but could not find him. Now if you should ask, “Was not Yirmiyahu standing and prophesying during the days of Yehoyakim and Tzidkiyahu,²⁹See Yirmiyahu 3:14, 22. [And similarly Malachi said,] ‘Return to Me, and I will return to you’³⁰Malachi 3:7. This indicates that their sincere repentance would completely have annulled the decree. Therefore, Rashi explains that repentance would “not nullify the decree entirely, but to lighten, etc.” ”? [This was] not to nullify the decree, but to lighten the punishment and to prepare their kingdom upon their return from the exile, to plant them without uprooting and to build them without demolishing.