Malachi 3:1 ¶ "Behold, I send7971 my messenger,4397 and he will prepare6437 the way1870 before6440 me; and the Lord,113 whom you seek,1245 will suddenly6597 come935 to his temple;1964 and the messenger4397 of the covenant,1285 whom you desire,2655 behold, he comes!"935 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.66352 "But who can endure3557 the day3117 of his coming?935 And who will stand5975 when he appears?7200 For he is like a refiner's6884 fire,784 and like launderer's3526 soap;12873 and he will sit3427 as a refiner6884 and purifier2891 of silver,3701 and he will purify2891 the sons1121 of Levi,3878 and refine2212 them as gold2091 and silver;3701 and they shall offer5066 to Yahweh3068 offerings4503 in righteousness.66664 Then the offering4503 of Judah3063 and Jerusalem3389 will be pleasant6149 to Yahweh,3068 as in the days3117 of old,5769 and as in ancient6931 years.81415 I will come near7126 to you to judgment;4941 and I will be a swift4116 witness5707 against the sorcerers,3784 and against the adulterers,5003 and against the8267 perjurers,7650 and against those who oppress6231 the hireling7916 in his wages,7939 the widow,490 and the fatherless,3490 and who deprive5186 the foreigner1616 of justice, and don't fear3372 me," says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.66356 "For I, Yahweh,3068 don't change;8138 therefore you, sons1121 of Jacob,3290 are not consumed.36157 From the days3117 of your fathers1 you have turned aside5493 from my ordinances,2706 and have not kept8104 them. Return7725 to me, and I will return7725 to you," says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 "But you say,559 ‘How shall we return?'77258 Will a man120 rob6906 God?430 Yet you rob6906 me! But you say,559 ‘How have we robbed6906 you?' In tithes4643 and offerings.86419 You are cursed779 with the curse;3994 for you rob6906 me, even this whole nation.147110 Bring935 the whole tithe4643 into the storehouse,214 that there may be food2964 in my house,1004 and test974 me now in this,"2063 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies,6635 "if I will not open6605 you the windows699 of heaven,8064 and pour you out7324 a blessing,1293 that there shall not be room enough1767 for.
11 I will rebuke1605 the devourer398 for your sakes, and he shall not destroy7843 the fruits6529 of your ground;127 neither shall your vine1612 cast its fruit7921 before its time in the field,"7704 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.663512 "All nations1471 shall call you blessed,833 for you will be a delightful2656 land,"776 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635
Malachi 3:13 ¶ "Your words1697 have been stout2388 against me," says559 Yahweh.3068 "Yet you say,559 ‘What have we spoken1696 against you?'
14 You have said,559 ‘It is vain7723 to serve5647 God;'430 and ‘What profit1215 is it that we have followed8104 his instructions,4931 and that we have walked1980 mournfully6941 before6440 Yahweh3068 of Armies?663515 Now we call833 the proud2086 happy;833 yes, those who work6213 wickedness7564 are built up;1129 yes, they tempt974 God,430 and escape.'442216 Then those who feared3373 Yahweh3068 spoke1696 one376 with another;7453 and Yahweh3068 listened,7181 and heard,8085 and a book5612 of memory2146 was written3789 before6440 him, for those who feared3373 Yahweh,3068 and who honored2803 his name.803417 They shall be mine," says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies,6635 "my own possession5459 in the day3117 that I make,6213 and I will spare2550 them, as a man376 spares2550 his own son1121 who serves5647 him.
18 Then you shall return7725 and discern7200 between the righteous6662 and the wicked,7563 between him who serves5647 God430 and him who doesn't serve5647 him.