Malachi 3 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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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 sendH7971(QalActPtc) my messenger,H4397 and he shall prepareH6437(PielPerf) the wayH1870 beforeH6440 me: and the Lord,H113 whom ye seek,H1245(PielPtc) shall suddenlyH6597 comeH935(QalImpf) to his temple,H1964 even the messengerH4397 of the covenant,H1285 whom ye delightH2655 in: behold, he shall come,H935(QalPerf) saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 ^[2] But who may abideH3557(PilpPtc) the dayH3117 of his coming?H935(QalInf) and who shall standH5975(QalActPtc) when he appeareth?H7200(NiphInf) for he [is] like a refiner’sH6884(PielPtc) fire,H784 and like fullers’H3526(PielPtc) soap:H1287 ^[3] And he shall sitH3427(QalPerf) [as] a refinerH6884(PielPtc) and purifierH2891(PielPtc) of silver:H3701 and he shall purifyH2891(PielPerf) the sonsH1121 of Levi,H3878 and purgeH2212(PielPerf) them as goldH2091 and silver,H3701 that they may offerH5066(HiphPtc) unto the LordH3068 an offeringH4503 in righteousness.H6666 ^[4] Then shall the offeringH4503 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 be pleasantH6149(QalPerf) unto the Lord,H3068 as in the daysH3117 of old,H5769 and as in formerH6931 years.H8141 ^[5] And I will come nearH7126(QalPerf) to you to judgment;H4941 and I will be a swiftH4116(PielPtc) witnessH5707 against the sorcerers,H3784(PielPtc) and against the adulterers,H5003(PielPtc) and against falseH8267 swearers,H7650(NiphPtc) and against those that oppressH6231(QalActPtc) the hirelingH7916 in [his] wages,H7939 the widow,H490 and the fatherless,H3490 and that turn asideH5186(HiphPtc) the strangerH1616 [from his right], and fearH3372(QalPerf) not me, saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 ^[6] For I [am] the Lord,H3068 I changeH8138(QalPerf) not; therefore ye sonsH1121 of JacobH3290 are not consumed.H3615(QalPerf) ^[7] Even from the daysH3117 of your fathersH1 ye are gone awayH5493(QalPerf) from mine ordinances,H2706 and have not keptH8104(QalPerf) [them]. ReturnH7725(QalImpv) unto me, and I will returnH7725(QalImpf) unto you, saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 But ye said,H559(QalPerf) Wherein shall we return?H7725(QalImpf) ^[8] Will a manH120 robH6906(QalImpf) God?H430 Yet ye have robbedH6906(QalActPtc) me. But ye say,H559(QalPerf) Wherein have we robbedH6906(QalPerf) thee? In tithesH4643 and offerings.H8641 ^[9] Ye [are] cursedH779(NiphPtc) with a curse:H3994 for ye have robbedH6906(QalActPtc) me, [even] this whole nation.H1471 ^[10] BringH935(HiphImpv) ye all the tithesH4643 into the storehouse,H214 that there may be meatH2964 in mine house,H1004 and proveH974(QalImpv) me now herewith,H2063 saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 if I will not openH6605(QalImpf) you the windowsH699 of heaven,H8064 and pour you outH7324(HiphPerf) a blessing,H1293 that [there shall] not [be room] enoughH1767 [to receive it]. ^[11] And I will rebukeH1605(QalPerf) the devourerH398(QalActPtc) for your sakes, and he shall not destroyH7843(HiphImpf) the fruitsH6529 of your ground;H127 neither shall your vineH1612 cast her fruitH7921(PielImpf) before the time in the field,H7704 saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 ^[12] And all nationsH1471 shall call you blessed:H833(PielPerf) for ye shall be a delightsomeH2656 land,H776 saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 ^[13] Your wordsH1697 have been stoutH2388(QalPerf) against me, saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord.H3068 Yet ye say,H559(QalPerf) What have we spokenH1696(NiphPerf) [so much] against thee? ^[14] Ye have said,H559(QalPerf) It [is] vainH7723 to serveH5647(QalInf) God:H430 and what profitH1215 [is it] that we have keptH8104(QalPerf) his ordinance,H4931 and that we have walkedH1980(QalPerf) mournfullyH6941 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 of hosts?H6635 ^[15] And now we callH833 the proudH2086 happy;H833(PielPtc) yea, they that workH6213(QalActPtc) wickednessH7564 are set up;H1129(NiphPerf) yea, [they that] temptH974(QalPerf) GodH430 are even delivered.H4422(NiphImpf) ^[16] Then they that fearedH3373 the LordH3068 spake oftenH1696(NiphPerf) oneH376 to another:H7453 and the LordH3068 hearkened,H7181(HiphImpf) and heardH8085(QalImpf) [it], and a bookH5612 of remembranceH2146 was writtenH3789(NiphImpf) beforeH6440 him for them that fearedH3373 the Lord,H3068 and that thoughtH2803(QalActPtc) upon his name.H8034 ^[17] And they shall be mine, saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 in that dayH3117 when I make upH6213(QalActPtc) my jewels;H5459 and I will spareH2550(QalPerf) them, as a manH376 sparethH2550(QalImpf) his own sonH1121 that servethH5647(QalActPtc) him. ^[18] Then shall ye return,H7725(QalPerf) and discernH7200(QalPerf) between the righteousH6662 and the wicked,H7563 between him that servethH5647(QalActPtc) GodH430 and him that servethH5647(QalPerf) him not.

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