Malachi 3:1–18

^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.

²But ^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’ ^msope:

³And 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.

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

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

⁵And 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.

⁶For I am the Lord, ^dI change not;

^eTherefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

^7fEven 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?

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

^hBut ye say, Wherein have we ⁱrobbed thee?

In ^ktithes and ^lofferings.

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

Even this whole nation.

¹⁰ⁿBring 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.

¹¹And 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.

¹²And ^wall nations shall call you blessed:

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

^13yYour words have been stout against me, saith the Lord.

^hYet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

^14yzYe have said, ^aIt is vain to serve God:

And ^awhat profit is it that we have ^bkept his ordinance,

And that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

^15cAnd now we ^dcall ^ethe proud happy;

^cYea, ^ethey that work wickedness are set up;

^cYea, they that ^ftempt God are even delivered.

¹⁶Then ^gthey that feared the Lord ^hspake often one to another:

And the Lord hearkened, and heard it,

And ⁱa book of remembrance was written before him

For ^gthem that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

¹⁷And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts,

^kIn that day when ^lI make up my ^mjewels;

And ⁿI will spare them, ^oas a man spareth his own son ^pthat serveth him.

¹⁸Then shall ye return, and ^qdiscern between the righteous and the wicked,

^qBetween him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

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