Malachi   1

 1. The burden <04853> of the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>

to Israel <03478> by Malachi <04401>.

 2  I have loved <0157> you, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>. Yet

ye say <0559>, Wherein <04100> hast thou loved <0157> us? [Was]

not Esau <06215> Jacob's <03290> brother <0251>? saith <0559>

the LORD <03068>: yet I loved <0157> Jacob <03290>,

 3  And I hated <08130> Esau <06215>, and laid <07760> his

mountains <02022> and his heritage <05159> waste <08077> for the

dragons <08568> of the wilderness <04057>.

 4  Whereas <03588> Edom <0123> saith <0559>, We are

impoverished <07567>, but we will return <07725> and build

<01129> the desolate <02723> places; thus <03541> saith <0559>

the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, They shall build <01129>, but

I will throw <02040> down <02040>; and they shall call <07121>

them, The border <01366> of wickedness <07564>, and, The people

<05971> against whom <0834> the LORD <03068> hath indignation

<02194> for ever <05769>.

 5  And your eyes <05869> shall see <07200>, and ye shall say

<0559>, The LORD <03068> will be magnified <01431> from the

border <01366> of Israel <03478>.

 6. A son <01121> honoureth <03513> [his] father <02>, and a

servant <05650> his master <0113>: if <0518> then I [be] a

father <02>, where <0346> [is] mine honour <03519>? and if

<0518> I [be] a master <0113>, where <0346> [is] my fear

<04172>? saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> unto you,

 O priests <03548>, that despise <0959> my name <08034>. And ye

say <0559>, Wherein <04100> have we despised <0959> thy name

<08034>?

 7  Ye offer <05066> polluted <01351> bread <03899> upon mine

altar <04196>; and ye say <0559>, Wherein <04100> have we

polluted <01351> thee? In that ye say <0559>, The table <07979>

of the LORD <03068> [is] contemptible <0959>.

 8  And if <03588> ye offer <05066> the blind <05787> for

sacrifice <02076>, [is it] not evil <07451>? and if <03588> ye

offer <05066> the lame <06455> and sick <02470>, [is it] not

evil <07451>? offer <07126> it now <04994> unto thy governor

<06346>; will he be pleased <07521> with thee, or <0176> accept

<05375> thy person <06440>? saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>.

 9  And now <06258>, I pray <04994> you, beseech God <0410> that

he will be gracious <02603> unto us: this <02063> hath been

<01961> by your means <03027>: will he regard <05375> your

persons <06440>? saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 10  Who <04310> [is there] even <01571> among you that would

shut <05462> the doors <01817> [for nought]? neither <03808> do

ye kindle <0215> [fire] on mine altar <04196> for nought <02600>.

 I have no <0639> pleasure <02656> in you, saith <0559> the LORD

<03068> of hosts <06635>, neither <03808> will I accept <07521>

an offering <04503> at your hand <03027>.

 11  For from the rising <04217> of the sun <08121> even unto

the going <03996> down of the same my name <08034> [shall be]

great <01419> among the Gentiles <01471>; and in every <03605>

place <04725> incense <06999> [shall be] offered <05066> unto my

name <08034>, and a pure <02889> offering <04503>: for my name

<08034> [shall be] great <01419> among the heathen <01471>,

saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 12  But ye have profaned <02490> it, in that ye say <0559>, The

table <07979> of the LORD <03068> [is] polluted <01351>; and the

fruit <05108> thereof, [even] his meat <0400>, [is] contemptible

<0959>.

 13  Ye said <0559> also, Behold <02009>, what a weariness

<04972> [is it]! and ye have snuffed <05301> at it, saith <0559>

the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; and ye brought <0935> [that

which was] torn <01497>, and the lame <06455>, and the sick

<02470>; thus <03541> ye brought <0935> an offering <04503>:

should I accept <07521> this of your hand <03027>? saith <0559>

the LORD <03068>.

 14  But cursed <0779> [be] the deceiver <05230>, which <03426>

hath in his flock <05739> a male <02145>, and voweth <05087>,

and sacrificeth <02076> unto the Lord <0136> a corrupt <07843>

thing: for I [am] a great <01419> King <04428>, saith <0559> the

LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and my name <08034> [is] dreadful

<03372> among the heathen <01471>.

Malachi   2

 1. And now <06258>, O ye priests <03548>, this <02063>

commandment <04687> [is] for you.

 2  If <0518> ye will not hear <08085>, and if <0518> ye will

not lay <07760> [it] to heart <03820>, to give <05414> glory

<03519> unto my name <08034>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>, I will even send <07971> a curse <03994> upon you,

 and I will curse <0779> your blessings <01293>: yea <01571>, I

have cursed <0779> them already, because <03588> ye do not lay

<07760> [it] to heart <03820>.

 3  Behold <02005>, I will corrupt <01605> your seed <02233>,

and spread <02219> dung <06569> upon your faces <06440>, [even]

the dung <06569> of your solemn <02282> feasts <02282>; and

[one] shall take <05375> you away with it.

 4  And ye shall know <03045> that I have sent <07971> this

<02063> commandment <04687> unto you, that my covenant <01285>

might be with Levi <03878>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>.

 5  My covenant <01285> was with him of life <02416> and peace

<07965>; and I gave <05414> them to him [for] the fear <04172>

wherewith he feared <03372> me, and was afraid <02865> before

<06440> my name <08034>.

 6  The law <08451> of truth <0571> was in his mouth <06310>,

and iniquity <05766> was not found <04672> in his lips <08193>:

he walked <01980> with me in peace <07965> and equity <04334>,

and did turn <07725> many <07227> away from iniquity <05771>.

 7  For the priest's <03548> lips <08193> should keep <02287>

knowledge <01847>, and they should seek <01245> the law <08451>

at his mouth <06310>: for he [is] the messenger <04397> of the

LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 8  But ye are departed <05493> out of the way <01870>; ye have

caused many <07227> to stumble <03782> at the law <08451>; ye

have corrupted <07843> the covenant <01285> of Levi <03878>,

saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 9  Therefore have I also <01571> made <05414> you contemptible

<0959> and base <08217> before all <03605> the people <05971>,

according <06310> as ye have not kept <08104> my ways <01870>,

but have been partial in the law <08451>.

 10. Have we not all <03605> one <0259> father <02>? hath not

one <0259> God <0410> created <01254> us? why <04069> do we deal

treacherously <0898> every man <0376> against his brother <0251>,

 by profaning <02490> the covenant <01285> of our fathers <01>?

 11  Judah <03063> hath dealt treacherously <0898>, and an

abomination <08441> is committed <06213> in Israel <03478> and

in Jerusalem <03389>; for Judah <03063> hath profaned <02490>

the holiness <06944> of the LORD <03068> which <0834> he loved

<0157>, and hath married <01166> the daughter <01323> of a

strange <05236> god <0410>.

 12  The LORD <03068> will cut <03772> off the man <0376> that

doeth <06213> this, the master <05782> and the scholar <06030>,

out of the tabernacles <0168> of Jacob <03290>, and him that

offereth <05066> an offering <04503> unto the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>.

 13  And this have ye done <06213> again <08145>, covering

<03680> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> with tears <01832>,

 with weeping <01065>, and with crying <0603> out, insomuch that

he regardeth <06437> not the offering <04503> any more <05750>,

or receiveth <03947> [it] with good <07522> will <07522> at your

hand <03027>.

 14  Yet ye say <0559>, Wherefore <04100>? Because the LORD

<03068> hath been witness <05749> between <0996> thee and the

wife <0802> of thy youth <05271>, against whom <0834> thou hast

dealt treacherously <0898>: yet [is] she thy companion <02278>,

and the wife <0802> of thy covenant <01285>.

 15  And did <06213> not he make <06213> one <0259>? Yet had he

the residue <07605> of the spirit <07307>. And wherefore <04100>

one <0259>? That he might seek <01245> a godly <0430> seed

<02233>. Therefore take heed <08104> to your spirit <07307>, and

let none <0408> deal treacherously <0898> against the wife

<0802> of his youth <05271>.

 16  For the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>,

saith <0559> that he hateth <08130> putting <07971> away: for

[one] covereth <03680> violence <02555> with his garment <03830>,

 saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>: therefore take

heed <08104> to your spirit <07307>, that ye deal not

treacherously <0898>.

 17  Ye have wearied <03021> the LORD <03068> with your words

<01697>. Yet ye say <0559>, Wherein <04100> have we wearied

<03021> [him]? When ye say <0559>, Every <03605> one that doeth

<06213> evil <07451> [is] good <02896> in the sight <05869> of

the LORD <03068>, and he delighteth <02654> in them; or <0176>,

Where <0346> [is] the God <0430> of judgment <04941>?

Malachi   3

 1. Behold <02005>, I will send <07971> my messenger <04397>,

and he shall prepare <06437> the way <01870> before <06440> me:

and the Lord <0113>, whom <0834> ye seek <01245>, shall suddenly

<06597> come <0935> to his temple <01964>, even the messenger

<04397> of the covenant <01285>, whom <0834> ye delight <02655>

in: behold <02009>, he shall come <0935>, saith <0559> the LORD

<03068> of hosts <06635>.

 2  But who <04310> may abide <03557> the day <03117> of his

coming <0935>? and who <04310> shall stand <05975> when he

appeareth <07200>? for he [is] like a refiner's <06884> fire

<0784>, and like fullers <03526>' soap <01287>:

 3  And he shall sit <03427> [as] a refiner <06884> and purifier

<02891> of silver <03701>: and he shall purify <02891> the sons

<01121> of Levi <03878>, and purge <02212> them as gold <02091>

and silver <03701>, that they may offer <05066> unto the LORD

<03068> an offering <04503> in righteousness <06666>.

 4  Then shall the offering <04503> of Judah <03063> and

Jerusalem <03389> be pleasant <06148> unto the LORD <03068>, as

in the days <03117> of old <05769>, and as in former <06931>

years <08141>.

 5  And I will come <07126> near <07126> to you to judgment

<04941>; and I will be a swift <04116> witness <05707> against

the sorcerers <03784>, and against the adulterers <05003>, and

against false <08267> swearers <07650>, and against those that

oppress <06231> the hireling <07916> in [his] wages <07939>, the

widow <0490>, and the fatherless <03490>, and that turn <05186>

aside <05186> the stranger <01616> [from his right <03225>], and

fear <03372> not me, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts

<06635>.

 6  For I [am] the LORD <03068>, I change <08138> not; therefore

ye sons <01121> of Jacob <03290> are not consumed <03615>.

 7. Even from the days <03117> of your fathers <01> ye are gone

<05493> away <05493> from mine ordinances <02706>, and have not

kept <08104> [them]. Return <07725> unto me, and I will return

<07725> unto you, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 But ye said <0559>, Wherein <04100> shall we return <07725>?

 8  Will a man <0120> rob <06906> God <0430>? Yet ye have robbed

<06906> me. But ye say <0559>, Wherein <04100> have we robbed

<0962> thee? In tithes <04643> and offerings <08641>.

 9  Ye [are] cursed <0779> with a curse <03994>: for ye have

robbed <06906> me, [even] this whole <03605> nation <01471>.

 10  Bring <0935> ye all <03605> the tithes <04643> into <0413>

the storehouse <0214>, that there may be meat <02964> in mine

house <01004>, and prove <0974> me now <04994> herewith <02063>,

saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, if I will not

open <06605> you the windows <0699> of heaven <08064>, and pour

<07324> you out a blessing <01293>, that [there shall] not [be

room] enough <01767> [to receive it].

 11  And I will rebuke <01605> the devourer <0398> for your

sakes, and he shall not destroy <07843> the fruits <06529> of

your ground <0127>; neither <03808> shall your vine <01612> cast

<07921> her fruit <07920> before the time in the field <07704>,

saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 12  And all <03605> nations <01471> shall call <0833> you

blessed <0833>: for ye shall be a delightsome <02656> land

<0776>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 13. Your words <01697> have been stout <02388> against <05921>

me, saith <0559> the LORD <03068>. Yet ye say <0559>, What

<04100> have we spoken <01696> [so much] against <05921> thee?

 14  Ye have said <0559>, It [is] vain <07723> to serve <05647>

God <0430>: and what <04100> profit <01215> [is it] that we have

kept <08104> his ordinance <04931>, and that we have walked

<01980> mournfully <06941> before <06440> the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>?

 15  And now <06258> we call <0833> the proud <02086> happy

<0833>; yea <01571>, they that work <06213> wickedness <07564>

are set <01129> up; yea <01571>, [they that] tempt <0974> God

<0430> are even delivered <04422>.

 16  Then they that feared <03372> the LORD <03068> spake

<01696> often one <0376> to another <07453>: and the LORD

<03068> hearkened <07181>, and heard <08085> [it], and a book

<05612> of remembrance <02146> was written <03789> before

<06440> him for them that feared <03372> the LORD <03068>, and

that thought <02803> upon his name <08034>.

 17  And they shall be mine, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>, in that day <03117> when <0834> I make <06213> up

my jewels <05459>; and I will spare <02550> them, as a man

<0376> spareth <02550> his own son <01121> that serveth <05647>

him.

 18  Then shall ye return <07725>, and discern <07200> between

<0996> the righteous <06662> and the wicked <07563>, between

<0996> him that serveth <05647> God <0430> and him that serveth

<05647> him not.

Malachi   4

 1. For, behold <02009>, the day <03117> cometh <0935>, that

shall burn <01197> as an oven <08574>; and all <03605> the proud

<02086>, yea, and all <03605> that do <06213> wickedly <07564>,

shall be stubble <07179>: and the day <03117> that cometh <0935>

shall burn <03857> them up, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635>, that it shall leave <05800> them neither root

<08328> nor branch <06057>.

 2  But unto you that fear <03373> my name <08034> shall the Sun

<08121> of righteousness <06666> arise <02224> with healing

<04832> in his wings <03671>; and ye shall go <03318> forth

<03318>, and grow <06335> up as calves <05695> of the stall

<04770>.

 3  And ye shall tread <06072> down the wicked <07563>; for they

shall be ashes <0665> under <08478> the soles <03709> of your

feet <07272> in the day <03117> that I shall do <06213> [this],

saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

 4. Remember <02142> ye the law <08451> of Moses <04872> my

servant <05650>, which <0834> I commanded <06680> unto him in

Horeb <02722> for all <03605> Israel <03478>, [with] the

statutes <02706> and judgments <04941>.

 5  Behold <02009>, I will send <07971> you Elijah <0452> the

prophet <05030> before <06440> the coming <0935> of the great

<01419> and dreadful <03372> day <03117> of the LORD <03068>:

 6  And he shall turn <07725> the heart <03820> of the fathers

<01> to the children <01121>, and the heart <03820> of the

children <01121> to their fathers <01>, lest <06435> I come

<0935> and smite <05221> the earth <0776> with a curse <02764>.





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