TSK · Malachi 3:14

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

[ and] to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?