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[1] “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies. [2] “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap; [3] and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness. [4] Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years. [5] I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies. [6] “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed. [7] From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ [8] Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings. [9] You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation. [10] Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for. [11] I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies. [12] “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies. [13] “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’ [14] You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies? [15] Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’ [16] Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name. [17] They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. [18] Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
King James Version
[1] Behold, I will send H7971 my messenger, H4397 and he shall prepare H6437 the way H1870 before H6440 me: and the Lord, H113 whom H834 ye seek, H1245 shall suddenly H6597 come H935 to his temple, H1964 even the messenger H4397 of the covenant, H1285 whom H834 ye delight H2655 in: behold, he shall come, H935 saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635 [2] But who may abide H3557 H853 the day H3117 of his coming? H935 and who shall stand H5975 when he appeareth? H7200 for he is like a refiner’s H6884 fire, H784 and like fullers’ H3526 soap: H1287 [3] and he shall sit H3427 as a refiner H6884 and purifier H2891 of silver: H3701 and he shall purify H2891 H853 the sons H1121 of Levi, H3878 and purge H2212 them as gold H2091 and silver, H3701 that they may offer H5066 unto the Lord H3068 an offering H4503 in righteousness. H6666 [4] Then shall the offering H4503 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 be pleasant H6149 unto the Lord, H3068 as in the days H3117 of old, H5769 and as in former H6931§ years. H8141 [5] And I will come near H7126 to you to judgment; H4941 and I will be a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers, H3784 and against the adulterers, H5003 and against false H8267 swearers, H7650 and against those that oppress H6231§ the hireling H7916 in his wages, H7939 the widow, H490 and the fatherless, H3490 and that turn aside H5186 the stranger H1616 from his right, and fear H3372 not H3808 me, saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635 [6] For I am the Lord, H3068 I change H8138 not; therefore ye sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 are not consumed. H3615

Return Unto Me

[7] Even from the days H3117 of your fathers H1 ye are gone away H5493 from mine ordinances, H2706 and have not kept H8104 them. Return H7725 unto H413 me, and I will return H7725 unto H413 you, saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635 But ye said, H559 Wherein shall we return? H7725 [8] Will a man H120 rob H6906 God? H430 Yet ye have robbed H6906 me. But ye say, H559 Wherein have we robbed H6906 thee? In tithes H4643 and offerings. H8641 [9] Ye are cursed H779 with a curse: H3994 for ye have robbed H6906 me, even this whole nation. H1471 [10] Bring H935 ye all the tithes H4643 into the storehouse, H214 that there may be meat H2964 in mine house, H1004 and prove H974 me now herewith, H2063 saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 if I will not open H6605 H853 you the windows H699 of heaven, H8064 and pour you out H7324 a blessing, H1293 that there shall not be room enough H1767 to receive it. [11] And I will rebuke H1605 the devourer H398 for your sakes, and he shall not destroy H7843§ H853 the fruits H6529 of your ground; H127 neither shall your vine H1612 cast her fruit H7921 before the time in the field, H7704 saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635 [12] And all nations H1471 shall call you blessed: H833 for H3588 ye shall be a delightsome H2656 land, H776 saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635

Final Triumph

[13] Your words H1697 have been stout H2388 against H5921 me, saith H559 the Lord. H3068 Yet ye say, H559 What H4100 have we spoken H1696 so much against thee? [14] Ye have said, H559 It is vain H7723 to serve H5647 God: H430 and what profit H1215 is it that we have kept H8104 his ordinance, H4931§ and that we have walked H1980 mournfully H6941§ before H6440 the Lord H3068 of hosts? H6635 [15] And now we call H833 the proud H2086 happy; H833 yea, they that work H6213 wickedness H7564 are set up; H1129§ yea, they that tempt H974 God H430 are even delivered. H4422 [16] Then H227 they that feared H3373 the Lord H3068 spake often H1696 one H376 to another: H7453 and the Lord H3068 hearkened, H7181 and heard H8085 it, and a book H5612 of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 him for them that feared H3373 the Lord, H3068 and that thought H2803 upon his name. H8034 [17] And they shall be mine, saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 in that day H3117 when I make up H6213 my jewels; H5459§ and I will spare H2550 them, as a man H376 spareth H2550 his own son H1121 that serveth H5647 him. [18] Then shall ye return, H7725 and discern H7200 between H996 the righteous H6662 and the wicked, H7563 between H996 him that serveth H5647 God H430 and him that serveth H5647 him not.

Footnotes

  1. § 3:4 Or, ancient
  2. § 3:5 Or, defraud
  3. § 3:11 Heb. corrupt
  4. § 3:14a Heb. observation
  5. § 3:14b Heb. in black
  6. § 3:15 Heb. are built
  7. § 3:17 Or, special treasure
Septuaginta
[1] Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐξαποστέλλω G1821 τὸν G3588 ἄγγελόν G32 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐπιβλέψεται G1914 ὁδὸν G3598 πρὸ G4253 προσώπου G4383 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐξαίφνης G1810 ἥξει G2240 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 ναὸν G3485 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 κύριος, G2962 ὃν G3739 ὑμεῖς G5210 ζητεῖτε, G2212 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἄγγελος G32 τῆς G3588 διαθήκης, G1242 ὃν G3739 ὑμεῖς G5210 θέλετε· G2309 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἔρχεται, G2064 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ. G3841 [2] Καὶ G2532 τίς G5101 ὑπομενεῖ G5278 ἡμέραν G2250 εἰσόδου G1529 αὐτοῦ; G846 Ἢ G2228 τίς G5101 ὑποστήσεται ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ὀπτασίᾳ G3701 αὐτοῦ; G846 Διότι G1360 αὐτὸς G846 εἰσπορεύεται G1531 ὡς G5613 πῦρ G4442 χωνευτηρίου καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 πόα πλυνόντων. G4150 [3] Καὶ G2532 καθιεῖται G2523 χωνεύων καὶ G2532 καθαρίζων G2511 ὡς G5613 τὸ G3588 ἀργύριον G694 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 τὸ G3588 χρυσίον· G5553 καὶ G2532 καθαρίσει G2511 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 Λευι G3017 καὶ G2532 χεεῖ αὐτοὺς G846 ὡς G5613 τὸ G3588 χρυσίον G5553 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 τὸ G3588 ἀργύριον· G694 καὶ G2532 ἔσονται G2071 τῷ G3588 κυρίῳ G2962 προσάγοντες G4317 θυσίαν G2378 ἐν G1722 δικαιοσύνῃ. G1343 [4] Καὶ G2532 ἀρέσει G700 τῷ G3588 κυρίῳ G2962 θυσία G2378 Ιουδα καὶ G2532 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 καθὼς G2531 αἱ G3588 ἡμέραι G2250 τοῦ G3588 αἰῶνος G165 καὶ G2532 καθὼς G2531 τὰ G3588 ἔτη G2094 τὰ G3588 ἔμπροσθεν. G1715 [5] Καὶ G2532 προσάξω G4317 πρὸς G4314 ὑμᾶς G5209 ἐν G1722 κρίσει G2920 καὶ G2532 ἔσομαι G2071 μάρτυς G3144 ταχὺς G5036 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰς G3588 φαρμακοὺς G5333 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰς G3588 μοιχαλίδας G3428 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 ὀμνύοντας G3660 τῷ G3588 ὀνόματί G3686 μου G3450 ἐπὶ G1909 ψεύδει G5579 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 ἀποστεροῦντας G650 μισθὸν G3408 μισθωτοῦ G3411 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 καταδυναστεύοντας G2616 χήραν G5503 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 κονδυλίζοντας ὀρφανοὺς G3737 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 ἐκκλίνοντας G1578 κρίσιν G2920 προσηλύτου G4339 καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 μὴ G3361 φοβουμένους G5399 με, G3165 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ. G3841 [6] Διότι G1360 ἐγὼ G1473 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὑμῶν, G5216 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἠλλοίωμαι· καὶ G2532 ὑμεῖς, G5210 υἱοὶ G5207 Ιακωβ, G2384 οὐκ G3756 ἀπέχεσθε G567 [7] ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ἀδικιῶν G93 τῶν G3588 πατέρων G3962 ὑμῶν, G5216 ἐξεκλίνατε G1578 νόμιμά μου G3450 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐφυλάξασθε. G5442 Ἐπιστρέψατε G1994 πρός G4314 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστραφήσομαι G1994 πρὸς G4314 ὑμᾶς, G5209 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ. G3841 Καὶ G2532 εἴπατε G2036 Ἐν G1722 τίνι G5101 ἐπιστρέψωμεν; G1994 [8] Εἰ G1487 πτερνιεῖ ἄνθρωπος G444 θεόν; G2316 Διότι G1360 ὑμεῖς G5210 πτερνίζετέ με. G3165 Καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖτε G2046 Ἐν G1722 τίνι G5101 ἐπτερνίκαμέν σε; G4571 Ὅτι G3754 τὰ G3588 ἐπιδέκατα καὶ G2532 αἱ G3588 ἀπαρχαὶ G536 μεθ’ G3326 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰσιν· G1526 [9] καὶ G2532 ἀποβλέποντες G578 ὑμεῖς G5210 ἀποβλέπετε, G578 καὶ G2532 ἐμὲ G1691 ὑμεῖς G5210 πτερνίζετε· τὸ G3588 ἔθνος G1484 συνετελέσθη. G4931 [10] Καὶ G2532 εἰσηνέγκατε G1533 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἐκφόρια εἰς G1519 τοὺς G3588 θησαυρούς, G2344 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 αὐτοῦ G846 ἔσται G2071 ἡ G3588 διαρπαγὴ αὐτοῦ. G846 Ἐπισκέψασθε G1980 δὴ G1211 ἐν G1722 τούτῳ, G5129 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ, G3841 ἐὰν G1437 μὴ G3361 ἀνοίξω G455 ὑμῖν G5213 τοὺς G3588 καταρράκτας τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ G3772 καὶ G2532 ἐκχεῶ G1632 ὑμῖν G5213 τὴν G3588 εὐλογίαν G2129 μου G3450 ἕως G2193 τοῦ G3588 ἱκανωθῆναι· G2427 [11] καὶ G2532 διαστελῶ G1291 ὑμῖν G5213 εἰς G1519 βρῶσιν G1035 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 διαφθείρω G1311 ὑμῶν G5216 τὸν G3588 καρπὸν G2590 τῆς G3588 γῆς, G1093 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀσθενήσῃ G770 ὑμῶν G5216 ἡ G3588 ἄμπελος G288 ἡ G3588 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἀγρῷ, G68 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ. G3841 [12] Καὶ G2532 μακαριοῦσιν G3106 ὑμᾶς G5209 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη, G1484 διότι G1360 ἔσεσθε G2071 ὑμεῖς G5210 γῆ G1093 θελητή, λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ. G3841 [13] Ἐβαρύνατε G925 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 ὑμῶν, G5216 λέγει G3004 κύριος, G2962 καὶ G2532 εἴπατε G2036 Ἐν G1722 τίνι G5101 κατελαλήσαμεν G2635 κατὰ G2596 σοῦ; G4675 [14] Εἴπατε G2036 Μάταιος G3152 ὁ G3588 δουλεύων G1398 θεῷ, G2316 καὶ G2532 τί G5101 πλέον G4119 ὅτι G3754 ἐφυλάξαμεν G5442 τὰ G3588 φυλάγματα αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 διότι G1360 ἐπορεύθημεν G4198 ἱκέται πρὸ G4253 προσώπου G4383 κυρίου G2962 παντοκράτορος; G3841 [15] Καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἡμεῖς G2249 μακαρίζομεν G3106 ἀλλοτρίους, G245 καὶ G2532 ἀνοικοδομοῦνται G456 πάντες G3956 ποιοῦντες G4160 ἄνομα G459 καὶ G2532 ἀντέστησαν G436 θεῷ G2316 καὶ G2532 ἐσώθησαν. G4982 [16] Ταῦτα G5023 κατελάλησαν G2635 οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 τὸν G3588 κύριον, G2962 ἕκαστος G1538 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 πλησίον G4139 αὐτοῦ· G846 καὶ G2532 προσέσχεν G4337 κύριος G2962 καὶ G2532 εἰσήκουσεν G1522 καὶ G2532 ἔγραψεν G1125 βιβλίον G975 μνημοσύνου G3422 ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτοῦ G846 τοῖς G3588 φοβουμένοις G5399 τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 καὶ G2532 εὐλαβουμένοις G2125 τὸ G3588 ὄνομα G3686 αὐτοῦ. G846 [17] Καὶ G2532 ἔσονταί G2071 μοι, G3427 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ, G3841 εἰς G1519 ἡμέραν, G2250 ἣν G3739 ἐγὼ G1473 ποιῶ G4160 εἰς G1519 περιποίησιν, G4047 καὶ G2532 αἱρετιῶ G140 αὐτοὺς G846 ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 αἱρετίζει G140 ἄνθρωπος G444 τὸν G3588 υἱὸν G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 τὸν G3588 δουλεύοντα G1398 αὐτῷ. G846 [18] Καὶ G2532 ἐπιστραφήσεσθε G1994 καὶ G2532 ὄψεσθε G3700 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 δικαίου G1342 καὶ G2532 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 ἀνόμου G459 καὶ G2532 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 τοῦ G3588 δουλεύοντος G1398 θεῷ G2316 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 δουλεύοντος. G1398
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament