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[1]Behold, I will sendH7971[H8802] my messengerH4397, and he shall prepareH6437[H8765] the wayH1870 beforeH6440 me: and the LordH113, whom ye seekH1245[H8764], shall suddenlyH6597 comeH935[H8799] to his templeH1964, even the messengerH4397 of the covenantH1285, whom ye delightH2655 in: behold, he shall comeH935[H8804], saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635.
[2]But who may abideH3557[H8772] the dayH3117 of his comingH935[H8800]? and who shall standH5975[H8802] when he appearethH7200[H8736]? for he is like a refiner'sH6884[H8764] fireH784, and like fullersH3526'H8764 soapH1287:
[3]And he shall sitH3427[H8804] as a refinerH6884[H8764] and purifierH2891[H8764] of silverH3701: and he shall purifyH2891[H8765] the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878, and purgeH2212[H8765] them as goldH2091 and silverH3701, that they may offerH5066[H8688] unto the LORDH3068 an offeringH4503 in righteousnessH6666.
[4]Then shall the offeringH4503 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 be pleasantH6149[H8804] unto the LORDH3068, as in the daysH3117 of oldH5769, and as in formerH6931 yearsH8141.
[5]And I will come nearH7126[H8804] to you to judgmentH4941; and I will be a swiftH4116[H8764] witnessH5707 against the sorcerersH3784[H8764], and against the adulterersH5003[H8764], and against falseH8267 swearersH7650[H8737], and against those that oppressH6231[H8802] the hirelingH7916 in his wagesH7939, the widowH490, and the fatherlessH3490, and that turn asideH5186[H8688] the strangerH1616 from his right, and fearH3372[H8804] not me, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635.
[6]For I am the LORDH3068, I changeH8138[H8804] not; therefore ye sonsH1121 of JacobH3290 are not consumedH3615.[H8804]
[7]Even from the daysH3117 of your fathersH1 ye are gone awayH5493[H8804] from mine ordinancesH2706, and have not keptH8104[H8804] them. ReturnH7725[H8798] unto me, and I will returnH7725[H8799] unto you, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635. But ye saidH559[H8804], Wherein shall we returnH7725?[H8799]
[8]Will a manH120 robH6906[H8799] GodH430? Yet ye have robbedH6906[H8802] me. But ye sayH559[H8804], Wherein have we robbedH6906[H8804] thee? In tithesH4643 and offeringsH8641.
[9]Ye are cursedH779[H8737] with a curseH3994: for ye have robbedH6906[H8802] me, even this whole nationH1471.
[10]BringH935[H8685] ye all the tithesH4643 into the storehouseH214, that there may be meatH2964 in mine houseH1004, and proveH974[H8798] me now herewithH2063, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, if I will not openH6605[H8799] you the windowsH699 of heavenH8064, and pour you outH7324[H8689] a blessingH1293, that there shall not be room enough to receive itH1767.
[11]And I will rebukeH1605[H8804] the devourerH398[H8802] for your sakes, and he shall not destroyH7843[H8686] the fruitsH6529 of your groundH127; neither shall your vineH1612 cast her fruitH7921[H8762] before the time in the fieldH7704, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635.
[12]And all nationsH1471 shall call you blessedH833[H8765]: for ye shall be a delightsomeH2656 landH776, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635.
[13]Your wordsH1697 have been stoutH2388[H8804] against me, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068. Yet ye sayH559[H8804], What have we spokenH1696 so much against theeH8738?
[14]Ye have saidH559[H8804], It is vainH7723 to serveH5647[H8800] GodH430: and what profitH1215 is it that we have keptH8104[H8804] his ordinanceH4931, and that we have walkedH1980[H8804] mournfullyH6941 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635?
[15]And now we callH833 the proudH2086 happyH833[H8764]; yea, they that workH6213[H8802] wickednessH7564 are set upH1129[H8738]; yea, they that temptH974[H8804] GodH430 are even deliveredH4422.[H8735]
[16]Then they that fearedH3373 the LORDH3068 spake oftenH1696[H8738] oneH376 to anotherH7453: and the LORDH3068 hearkenedH7181[H8686], and heardH8085[H8799] it, and a bookH5612 of remembranceH2146 was writtenH3789[H8735] beforeH6440 him for them that fearedH3373 the LORDH3068, and that thoughtH2803[H8802] upon his nameH8034.
[17]And they shall be mine, saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635, in that dayH3117 when I make upH6213[H8802] my jewelsH5459; and I will spareH2550[H8804] them, as a manH376 sparethH2550[H8799] his own sonH1121 that servethH5647 himH8802.
[18]Then shall ye returnH7725[H8804], and discernH7200[H8804] between the righteousH6662 and the wickedH7563, between him that servethH5647[H8802] GodH430 and him that servethH5647 him notH8804.
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