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Malachi 1

1. The burden <4853> of the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> to
Israel <3478> by Malachi <4401>.

2 I have loved <0157> you, saith <5002> the LORD < 3068>. Yet ye
say <0559>, Wherein <4100> hast thou loved < 0157> us? [Was] not
Esau <6215> Jacob's <3290> brother <0251>? saith <0559> the LORD
<3068>: yet I loved <0157> Jacob <3290>,

3 And I hated <8130> Esau <6215>, and laid < 7760> his mountains
<2022> and his heritage <5159> waste <8077> for the dragons
<8568> of the wilderness <4057>.

4 Whereas <3588> Edom <0123> saith <0559>, We are impoverished
<7567>, but we will return <7725> and build < 1129> the desolate
<2723> places; thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts
<6635>, They shall build <1129>, but I will throw < 2040> down
<2040>; and they shall call <7121> them, The border <1366> of
wickedness <7564>, and, The people <5971> against whom <0834>
the LORD <3068> hath indignation <2194> for ever < 5769>.

5 And your eyes <5869> shall see <7200>, and ye shall say
<0559>, The LORD <3068> will be magnified <1431> from the border
<1366> of Israel <3478>.

6. A son <1121> honoureth <3513> [his] father < 2>, and a
servant <5650> his master <0113>: if <0518> then I [be] a father
<2>, where <0346> [is] mine honour <3519>? and if <0518> I [be]
a master <0113>, where <0346> [is] my fear < 4172>? saith <0559>
the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> unto you, O priests <3548>, that
despise <0959> my name <8034>. And ye say <0559> , Wherein <4100>
have we despised <0959> thy name <8034>?

7 Ye offer <5066> polluted <1351> bread <3899> upon mine altar
<4196>; and ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100> have we polluted
<1351> thee? In that ye say <0559>, The table < 7979> of the LORD
<3068> [is] contemptible <0959>.

8 And if <3588> ye offer <5066> the blind < 5787> for sacrifice
<2076>, [is it] not evil <7451>? and if <3588> ye offer <5066>
the lame <6455> and sick <2470>, [is it] not evil < 7451>? offer
<7126> it now <4994> unto thy governor <6346>; will he be
pleased <7521> with thee, or <0176> accept < 5375> thy person
<6440>? saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

9 And now <6258>, I pray <4994> you, beseech God < 0410> that he
will be gracious <2603> unto us: this <2063> hath been <1961> by
your means <3027>: will he regard <5375> your persons <6440>?
saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

10 Who <4310> [is there] even <1571> among you that would shut
<5462> the doors <1817> [for nought]? neither < 3808> do ye
kindle <0215> [fire] on mine altar <4196> for nought <2600>. I
have no <0639> pleasure <2656> in you, saith < 0559> the LORD
<3068> of hosts <6635>, neither <3808> will I accept <7521> an
offering <4503> at your hand <3027>.

11 For from the rising <4217> of the sun <8121> even unto the
going <3996> down of the same my name <8034> [shall be] great
<1419> among the Gentiles <1471>; and in every < 3605> place
<4725> incense <6999> [shall be] offered <5066> unto my name
<8034>, and a pure <2889> offering <4503>: for my name <8034>
[shall be] great <1419> among the heathen <1471>, saith <0559>
the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

12 But ye have profaned <2490> it, in that ye say < 0559>, The
table <7979> of the LORD <3068> [is] polluted < 1351>; and the
fruit <5108> thereof, [even] his meat <0400>, [is] contemptible
<0959>.

13 Ye said <0559> also, Behold <2009>, what a weariness <4972>
[is it]! and ye have snuffed <5301> at it, saith < 0559> the LORD
<3068> of hosts <6635>; and ye brought <0935> [that which was]
torn <1497>, and the lame <6455>, and the sick < 2470>; thus
<3541> ye brought <0935> an offering <4503>: should I accept
<7521> this of your hand <3027>? saith <0559> the LORD <3068>.

14 But cursed <0779> [be] the deceiver <5230>, which <3426>
hath in his flock <5739> a male <2145>, and voweth <5087>, and
sacrificeth <2076> unto the Lord <0136> a corrupt < 7843> thing:
for I [am] a great <1419> King <4428>, saith < 0559> the LORD
<3068> of hosts <6635>, and my name <8034> [is] dreadful <3372>
among the heathen <1471>.

Malachi 2

1. And now <6258>, O ye priests <3548>, this < 2063> commandment
<4687> [is] for you.

2 If <0518> ye will not hear <8085>, and if < 0518> ye will not
lay <7760> [it] to heart <3820>, to give <5414> glory <3519>
unto my name <8034>, saith <0559> the LORD < 3068> of hosts
<6635>, I will even send <7971> a curse <3994> upon you, and I
will curse <0779> your blessings <1293>: yea < 1571>, I have
cursed <0779> them already, because <3588> ye do not lay <7760>
[it] to heart <3820>.

3 Behold <2005>, I will corrupt <1605> your seed < 2233>, and
spread <2219> dung <6569> upon your faces <6440> , [even] the
dung <6569> of your solemn <2282> feasts <2282>; and [one] shall
take <5375> you away with it.

4 And ye shall know <3045> that I have sent <7971> this <2063>
commandment <4687> unto you, that my covenant <1285> might be
with Levi <3878>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

5 My covenant <1285> was with him of life <2416> and peace
<7965>; and I gave <5414> them to him [for] the fear <4172>
wherewith he feared <3372> me, and was afraid <2865> before
<6440> my name <8034>.

6 The law <8451> of truth <0571> was in his mouth <6310>, and
iniquity <5766> was not found <4672> in his lips < 8193>: he
walked <1980> with me in peace <7965> and equity < 4334>, and did
turn <7725> many <7227> away from iniquity < 5771>.

7 For the priest's <3548> lips <8193> should keep <2287>
knowledge <1847>, and they should seek <1245> the law <8451> at
his mouth <6310>: for he [is] the messenger <4397> of the LORD
<3068> of hosts <6635>.

8 But ye are departed <5493> out of the way <1870>; ye have
caused many <7227> to stumble <3782> at the law < 8451>; ye have
corrupted <7843> the covenant <1285> of Levi < 3878>, saith
<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

9 Therefore have I also <1571> made <5414> you contemptible
<0959> and base <8217> before all <3605> the people <5971>,
according <6310> as ye have not kept <8104> my ways <1870>, but
have been partial in the law <8451>.

10. Have we not all <3605> one <0259> father < 2>? hath not one
<0259> God <0410> created <1254> us? why < 4069> do we deal
treacherously <0898> every man <0376> against his brother <0251>,
by profaning <2490> the covenant <1285> of our fathers <1>?

11 Judah <3063> hath dealt treacherously <0898>, and an
abomination <8441> is committed <6213> in Israel < 3478> and in
Jerusalem <3389>; for Judah <3063> hath profaned < 2490> the
holiness <6944> of the LORD <3068> which <0834> he loved <0157>,
and hath married <1166> the daughter <1323> of a strange <5236>
god <0410>.

12 The LORD <3068> will cut <3772> off the man < 0376> that
doeth <6213> this, the master <5782> and the scholar <6030>, out
of the tabernacles <0168> of Jacob <3290>, and him that offereth
<5066> an offering <4503> unto the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

13 And this have ye done <6213> again <8145>, covering <3680>
the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> with tears < 1832>, with
weeping <1065>, and with crying <0603> out, insomuch that he
regardeth <6437> not the offering <4503> any more < 5750>, or
receiveth <3947> [it] with good <7522> will < 7522> at your hand
<3027>.

14 Yet ye say <0559>, Wherefore <4100>? Because the LORD <3068>
hath been witness <5749> between <0996> thee and the wife <0802>
of thy youth <5271>, against whom <0834> thou hast dealt
treacherously <0898>: yet [is] she thy companion < 2278>, and the
wife <0802> of thy covenant <1285>.

15 And did <6213> not he make <6213> one <0259> ? Yet had he the
residue <7605> of the spirit <7307>. And wherefore <4100> one
<0259>? That he might seek <1245> a godly <0430> seed <2233>.
Therefore take heed <8104> to your spirit <7307>, and let none
<0408> deal treacherously <0898> against the wife < 0802> of his
youth <5271>.

16 For the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of Israel < 3478>, saith
<0559> that he hateth <8130> putting <7971> away: for [one]
covereth <3680> violence <2555> with his garment < 3830>, saith
<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>: therefore take heed
<8104> to your spirit <7307>, that ye deal not treacherously
<0898>.

17 Ye have wearied <3021> the LORD <3068> with your words
<1697>. Yet ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100> have we wearied <3021>
[him]? When ye say <0559>, Every <3605> one that doeth <6213>
evil <7451> [is] good <2896> in the sight <5869> of the LORD
<3068>, and he delighteth <2654> in them; or < 0176>, Where
<0346> [is] the God <0430> of judgment <4941>?

Malachi 3

1. Behold <2005>, I will send <7971> my messenger <4397>, and
he shall prepare <6437> the way <1870> before < 6440> me: and the
Lord <0113>, whom <0834> ye seek <1245>, shall suddenly <6597>
come <0935> to his temple <1964>, even the messenger <4397> of
the covenant <1285>, whom <0834> ye delight < 2655> in: behold
<2009>, he shall come <0935>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of
hosts <6635>.

2 But who <4310> may abide <3557> the day < 3117> of his coming
<0935>? and who <4310> shall stand <5975> when he appeareth
<7200>? for he [is] like a refiner's <6884> fire < 0784>, and
like fullers <3526>' soap <1287>:

3 And he shall sit <3427> [as] a refiner <6884> and purifier
<2891> of silver <3701>: and he shall purify < 2891> the sons
<1121> of Levi <3878>, and purge <2212> them as gold <2091> and
silver <3701>, that they may offer <5066> unto the LORD <3068>
an offering <4503> in righteousness <6666>.

4 Then shall the offering <4503> of Judah <3063> and Jerusalem
<3389> be pleasant <6148> unto the LORD <3068>, as in the days
<3117> of old <5769>, and as in former <6931> years <8141>.

5 And I will come <7126> near <7126> to you to judgment <4941>;
and I will be a swift <4116> witness <5707> against the
sorcerers <3784>, and against the adulterers <5003>, and against
false <8267> swearers <7650>, and against those that oppress
<6231> the hireling <7916> in [his] wages <7939> , the widow
<0490>, and the fatherless <3490>, and that turn < 5186> aside
<5186> the stranger <1616> [from his right < 3225>], and fear
<3372> not me, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

6 For I [am] the LORD <3068>, I change <8138> not; therefore ye
sons <1121> of Jacob <3290> are not consumed < 3615>.

7. Even from the days <3117> of your fathers <1> ye are gone
<5493> away <5493> from mine ordinances <2706>, and have not
kept <8104> [them]. Return <7725> unto me, and I will return
<7725> unto you, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.
But ye said <0559>, Wherein <4100> shall we return <7725>?

8 Will a man <0120> rob <6906> God <0430>? Yet ye have robbed
<6906> me. But ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100> have we robbed
<0962> thee? In tithes <4643> and offerings < 8641>.

9 Ye [are] cursed <0779> with a curse <3994>: for ye have
robbed <6906> me, [even] this whole <3605> nation < 1471>.

10 Bring <0935> ye all <3605> the tithes <4643> into <0413> the
storehouse <0214>, that there may be meat <2964> in mine house
<1004>, and prove <0974> me now <4994> herewith <2063>, saith
<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, if I will not open
<6605> you the windows <0699> of heaven <8064>, and pour <7324>
you out a blessing <1293>, that [there shall] not [be room]
enough <1767> [to receive it].

11 And I will rebuke <1605> the devourer <0398> for your sakes,
and he shall not destroy <7843> the fruits <6529> of your ground
<0127>; neither <3808> shall your vine <1612> cast <7921> her
fruit <7920> before the time in the field <7704>, saith <0559>
the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

12 And all <3605> nations <1471> shall call < 0833> you blessed
<0833>: for ye shall be a delightsome <2656> land < 0776>, saith
<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

13. Your words <1697> have been stout <2388> against <5921> me,
saith <0559> the LORD <3068>. Yet ye say <0559>, What <4100>
have we spoken <1696> [so much] against <5921> thee?

14 Ye have said <0559>, It [is] vain <7723> to serve <5647> God
<0430>: and what <4100> profit <1215> [is it] that we have kept
<8104> his ordinance <4931>, and that we have walked <1980>
mournfully <6941> before <6440> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>?

15 And now <6258> we call <0833> the proud < 2086> happy <0833>;
yea <1571>, they that work <6213> wickedness < 7564> are set
<1129> up; yea <1571>, [they that] tempt <0974> God <0430> are
even delivered <4422>.

16 Then they that feared <3372> the LORD <3068> spake <1696>
often one <0376> to another <7453>: and the LORD < 3068>
hearkened <7181>, and heard <8085> [it], and a book <5612> of
remembrance <2146> was written <3789> before < 6440> him for them
that feared <3372> the LORD <3068>, and that thought <2803> upon
his name <8034>.

17 And they shall be mine, saith <0559> the LORD < 3068> of
hosts <6635>, in that day <3117> when <0834> I make <6213> up my
jewels <5459>; and I will spare <2550> them, as a man <0376>
spareth <2550> his own son <1121> that serveth < 5647> him.

18 Then shall ye return <7725>, and discern <7200> between
<0996> the righteous <6662> and the wicked < 7563>, between
<0996> him that serveth <5647> God <0430> and him that serveth
<5647> him not.

Malachi 4

1. For, behold <2009>, the day <3117> cometh < 0935>, that shall
burn <1197> as an oven <8574>; and all <3605> the proud <2086>,
yea, and all <3605> that do <6213> wickedly < 7564>, shall be
stubble <7179>: and the day <3117> that cometh < 0935> shall burn
<3857> them up, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,
that it shall leave <5800> them neither root <8328> nor branch
<6057>.

2 But unto you that fear <3373> my name <8034> shall the Sun
<8121> of righteousness <6666> arise <2224> with healing <4832>
in his wings <3671>; and ye shall go <3318> forth < 3318>, and
grow <6335> up as calves <5695> of the stall < 4770>.

3 And ye shall tread <6072> down the wicked <7563>; for they
shall be ashes <0665> under <8478> the soles < 3709> of your feet
<7272> in the day <3117> that I shall do <6213> [this], saith
<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

4. Remember <2142> ye the law <8451> of Moses < 4872> my servant
<5650>, which <0834> I commanded <6680> unto him in Horeb <2722>
for all <3605> Israel <3478>, [with] the statutes < 2706> and
judgments <4941>.

5 Behold <2009>, I will send <7971> you Elijah < 0452> the
prophet <5030> before <6440> the coming <0935> of the great
<1419> and dreadful <3372> day <3117> of the LORD <3068>:

6 And he shall turn <7725> the heart <3820> of the fathers <1>
to the children <1121>, and the heart <3820> of the children
<1121> to their fathers <1>, lest <6435> I come <0935> and smite
<5221> the earth <0776> with a curse <2764>.

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