Malachi 3
The Purifier
1 a“Behold, I am going to send bMy ▼▼ Or angel
messenger, and he will ▼▼ Or prepare
,
eclear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; ▼▼ Or even
and the ▼▼ Or angel
,
hmessenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts. 2“But who can iendure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a jrefiner’s fire and like ▼▼ Lit laundrymen’s
fullers’ soap. 3“He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will lpurify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may mpresent to the Lord ▼▼ Or grain offerings
offerings in righteousness. 4“Then the ▼▼ Or grain offering
offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be ppleasing to the Lord as in the qdays of old and as in former years. 5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the rsorcerers and against the sadulterers and against those who tswear falsely, and against those who oppress the uwage earner in his wages, the vwidow and the ▼▼ Or fatherless
orphan, and those who turn aside the ▼▼ Or sojourner
,
yalien and do not ▼▼ Or revere
fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts. 6“For ▼▼ Or I am the Lord ; I do not
I, the Lord, abdo not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, ▼▼ Or have not come to an end
are not consumed. 7“From the addays of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. aeReturn to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ You Have Robbed God
8“Will a man ▼▼ Or defraud
rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In agtithes and ▼▼ Or heave offerings
offerings. 9“You are aicursed with a curse, for you are ▼▼ Or defrauding
robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 ak“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be ▼▼ Lit prey
food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not amopen for you the windows of heaven and anpour out for you a blessing until ▼▼ Or there is not room enough
,
apit overflows. 11“Then I will rebuke the aqdevourer for you, so that it will not ▼▼ Lit ruin
destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts. 12 as“All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a atdelightful land,” says the Lord of hosts. 13“Your words have been ▼▼ Lit strong
arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 14“You have said, ‘It is avvain to serve God; and what awprofit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15‘So now we axcall the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and ayescape.’” The Book of Remembrance
16Then those who ▼▼ Or revere(d)
feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord bagave attention and heard it, and a bbbook of remembrance was written before Him for those who ▼▼ Or revere(d)
fear the Lord and who esteem His name. 17“They will be bdMine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the beday that I ▼▼ Lit make
prepare My ▼▼ Or special treasure
,
bhown possession, and I will ▼▼ Or have (has) compassion on
spare them as a man ▼▼ Or have (has) compassion on
,
bkspares his own son who serves him.” 18So you will again bldistinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
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