Malachi 2:17–3:12

17  xYe have wearied the Lord ywith your words.

oYet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him?

yWhen ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord,

And zhe delighteth in them;

Or, aWhere is the God of judgment?

3 aBehold, I will send bmy messenger, and che shall prepare the way before me:

And the Lord, dwhom ye seek, eshall suddenly come to his temple,

Even fthe messenger of the covenant, dwhom ye delight in:

Behold, ehe shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

2  But gwho may abide hthe day of his coming?

And iwho shall stand when he appeareth?

For khe is like la refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ msoap:

3  And he shall sit as la refiner and purifier of silver:

And he shall purify nthe sons of Levi, and opurge them as gold and silver,

That they may poffer unto the Lord an offering qin righteousness.

4  Then shall rthe offering of Judah and Jerusalem sbe pleasant unto the Lord,

As in the days of old, and as in ||former years.

5  And I will come near to you to judgment;

And tI will be a swift uwitness

Against vthe sorcerers, and against twthe adulterers, and against xfalse swearers,

And against ythose that ||zoppress the hireling in his wages,

aThe widow, and athe fatherless,

And bthat turn aside acthe stranger from his right, and fear not me,

Saith the Lord of hosts.

6  For I am the Lord, dI change not;

eTherefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7  fEven from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them.

gReturn unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

hBut ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8  Will a man irob God? Yet ye have irobbed me.

hBut ye say, Wherein have we irobbed thee?

In ktithes and lofferings.

9  Ye are cursed with ma curse: for ye have irobbed me,

Even this whole nation.

10  nBring ye all the tithes into pthe storehouse,

That there may be qmeat in mine house,

And rprove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts,

If I will not sopen you the windows of heaven,

And †pour you out ta blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11  And I will rebuke uthe devourer for your sakes,

And he shall not †destroy the fruits of your ground;

Neither vshall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12  And wall nations shall call you blessed:

For ye shall be xa delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.