Malachi 3

1 ♥ 📝 B ehold, I send^H7971 my messenger,^H4397 and he shall prepare^H6437 the way^H1870 before^H6440 me: and the Lord,^H113 whom ye seek,^H1245 will suddenly^H6597 come^H935 to his temple;^H1964 and the messenger^H4397 of the covenant,^H1285 whom ye desire,^H2655 behold, he cometh,^H935 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

2 ♥ 📝 But who can abide^H3557 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 fuller's^H3526 soap:^H1287

3 ♥ 📝 and he will sit^H3427 as a refiner^H6884 and purifier^H2891 of silver,^H3701 and he will purify^H2891 the sons^H1121 of Levi,^H3878 and refine^H2212 them as gold^H2091 and silver;^H3701 and they shall offer^H5066 unto Jehovah^H3068 offerings^H4503 in righteousness.^H6666

4 ♥ 📝 Then shall the offering^H4503 of Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 be pleasant^H6149 unto Jehovah,^H3068 as in the days^H3117 of old,^H5769 and as in ancient^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 the 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 sojourner^H1616 [from his right], and fear^H3372 not me, saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

6 ♥ 📝 For I, Jehovah,^H3068 change^H8138 not; therefore ye, O sons^H1121 of Jacob,^H3290 are not consumed.^H3615

7 ♥ 📝 From the days^H3117 of your fathers^H1 ye have turned aside^H5493 from mine ordinances,^H2706 and have not kept^H8104 them. Return^H7725 unto me, and I will return^H7725 unto you, saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635 But ye say,^H559 Wherein shall we return?^H7725

8 ♥ 📝 Will a man^H120 rob^H6906 God?^H430 yet ye rob^H6906 me. But ye say,^H559 Wherein have we robbed^H6906 thee? In tithes^H4643 and offerings.^H8641

9 ♥ 📝 Ye are cursed^H779 with the curse;^H3994 for ye rob^H6906 me, even this whole nation.^H1471

10 ♥ 📝 Bring^H935 ye the whole tithe^H4643 into the store-house,^H214 that there may be food^H2964 in my house,^H1004 and prove^H974 me now herewith,^H2063 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 if I will not open^H6605 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 the fruits^H6529 of your ground;^H127 neither shall your vine^H1612 cast its fruit^H7921 before the time in the field,^H7704 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

12 ♥ 📝 And all nations^H1471 shall call you happy;^H833 for ye shall be a delightsome^H2656 land,^H776 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

13 ♥ 📝 Your words^H1697 have been stout^H2388 against me, saith^H559 Jehovah.^H3068 Yet ye say,^H559 What have we spoken^H1696 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 charge,^H4931 and that we have walked^H1980 mournfully^H6941 before^H6440 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts?^H6635

15 ♥ 📝 And now we call^H833 the proud^H2086 happy;^H833 yea, they that work^H6213 wickedness^H7564 are built up;^H1129 yea, they tempt^H974 God,^H430 and escape.^H4422

16 ♥ 📝 Then they that feared^H3373 Jehovah^H3068 spake^H1696 one^H376 with another;^H7453 and Jehovah^H3068 hearkened,^H7181 and heard,^H8085 and a book^H5612 of remembrance^H2146 was written^H3789 before^H6440 him, for them that feared^H3373 Jehovah,^H3068 and that thought^H2803 upon his name.^H8034

17 ♥ 📝 And they shall be mine, saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 [even] mine own possession,^H5459 in the day^H3117 that I make;^H6213 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 the righteous^H6662 and the wicked,^H7563 between him that serveth^H5647 God^H430 and him that serveth^H5647 him not.