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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