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Malachi 3
3:1

Behold, I will send7971 my messenger,4397 and he shall prepare6437 the way1870 before6440 me: and the Sovereign,113 whom ye seek,1245 shall suddenly6597 come935 to his temple,1964 even the messenger4397 of the covenant,1285 whom ye delight2655 in: behold, he shall come,935 saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts.6635

3:2

But who may abide3557 the day3117 of his coming?935 and who shall stand5975 when he appeareth?7200 for he is like a refiner's6884 fire,784 and like fullers'3526 soap:1287

3:3

And he shall sit3427 as a refiner6884 and purifier2891 of silver:3701 and he shall purify2891 the sons1121 of Levi,3878 and purge2212 them as gold2091 and silver,3701 that they may offer5066 unto Yahweh3068 an offering4503 in righteousness.6666

3:4

Then shall the offering4503 of Judah3063 and Jerusalem3389 be pleasant6149 unto Yahweh,3068 as in the days3117 of old,5769 and as in former6931 years.8141

3:5

And I will come near7126 to you to judgment;4941 and I will be a swift4116 witness5707 against the sorcerers,3784 and against the adulterers,5003 and against false8267 swearers,7650 and against those that oppress6231 the hireling7916 in his wages,7939 the widow,490 and the fatherless,3490 and that turn aside5186 the stranger1616 from his right, and fear3372 not me, saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts.6635

3:6

For I am Yahweh,3068 I change8138 not; therefore ye sons1121 of Jacob3290 are not consumed.3615

3:7

Even from the days3117 of your fathers1 ye are gone away5493 from mine ordinances,2706 and have not kept8104 them. Return7725 unto me, and I will return7725 unto you, saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts.6635 But ye said,559 Wherein shall we return?7725

3:8

Will a man120 rob6906 Elohim?430 Yet ye have robbed6906 me. But ye say,559 Wherein have we robbed6906 thee? In tithes4643 and offerings.8641

3:9

Ye are cursed779 with a curse:3994 for ye have robbed6906 me, even this whole nation.1471

3:10

Bring935 ye all the tithes4643 into the storehouse,1004 that there may be meat2964 in mine house,1004 and prove974 me now herewith,2063 saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts,6635 if I will not open6605 you the windows699 of heaven,8064 and pour you out7324 a blessing,1293 that there shall not be room enough1767 to receive it.

3:11

And I will rebuke1605 the devourer398 for your sakes, and he shall not destroy7843 the fruits6529 of your ground;127 neither shall your vine1612 cast her fruit before the time7921 in the field,7704 saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts.6635

3:12

And all nations1471 shall call you blessed:833 for ye shall be a delightsome2656 land,776 saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts.6635

3:13

Your words1697 have been stout2388 against me, saith559 Yahweh.3068 Yet ye say,559 What have we spoken1696 so much against thee?

3:14

Ye have said,559 It is vain7723 to serve5647 Elohim:430 and what profit1215 is it that we have kept8104 his ordinance,4931 and that we have walked1980 mournfully6941 before6440 Yahweh3068 of hosts?6635

3:15

And now we call the proud2086 happy;833 yea, they that work6213 wickedness7564 are set up;1129 yea, they that tempt974 Elohim430 are even delivered.4422

3:16

Then they that feared3373 Yahweh3068 spake1696 often one376 to another:7453 and Yahweh3068 hearkened,7181 and heard8085 it, and a book5612 of remembrance2146 was written3789 before6440 him for them that feared3373 Yahweh,3068 and that thought2803 upon his name.8034

3:17

And they shall be mine, saith559 Yahweh3068 of hosts,6635 in that day3117 when I make up6213 my jewels;5459 and I will spare2550 them, as a man376 spareth2550 his own son1121 that serveth5647 him.

3:18

Then shall ye return,7725 and discern7200 between the righteous6662 and the wicked,7563 between him that serveth5647 Elohim430 and him that serveth5647 him not.