Malachi 3
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Malachi 3:1-5

1“1BeholdH2009, I am going to sendH7971 2My 3messengerH4397, and he will 45clearH6437 the wayH1870 beforeH6440 Me. And the LordH113, whomH834 you seekH1245, will suddenlyH6597 comeH935 to His templeH1964; 6and the 78messengerH4397 of the covenantH1285, in whomH834 you delightH2655, beholdH2009, He is comingH935,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635. 2“But whoH4310 can 9endureH3557 the dayH3117 of His comingH935? And whoH4310 can standH5975 when He appearsH7200? For He is like a 10refiner’sH6884 fireH784 and like 11fullers’H3526 soapH1287. 3He will sitH3427 as a smelterH6884 and purifierH2891 of silverH3701, and He will 12purifyH2891 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 and refineH2212 them like goldH2091 and silverH3701, so that they may 13presentH5066 to the LordH3068 14offeringsH4503 in righteousnessH6666. 4Then the 15offeringH4503 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 will be 16pleasingH6149 to the LordH3068 as in the 17daysH3117 of oldH5769 and as in formerH6931 yearsH8141.

5“Then I will drawH7126 nearH7126 to you for judgmentH4941; and I will be a swiftH4116 witnessH5707 against the 18sorcerersH3784 and against the 19adulterersH5003 and against those who 20swearH7650 falselyH8267, and against those who oppressH6231 the 21wageH7916 earnerH7916 in his wagesH7939, the 22widowH490 and the 23orphanH3490, and those who turnH5186 asideH5186 the 2425alienH1616 and do not 26fearH3372 Me,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635.

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Notes

  1. 1. Malachi 3:1 Matt 11:10, 14; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76; 7:27 ↩
  2. 2. Malachi 3:1 Hag 1:13; John 1:6, 7 ↩
  3. 3. Malachi 3:1 Or angel ↩
  4. 4. Malachi 3:1 Or prepare ↩
  5. 5. Malachi 3:1 Is 40:3 ↩
  6. 6. Malachi 3:1 Or even ↩
  7. 7. Malachi 3:1 Or angel ↩
  8. 8. Malachi 3:1 Is 63:9 ↩
  9. 9. Malachi 3:2 Is 33:14; Ezek 22:14; Rev 6:17 ↩
  10. 10. Malachi 3:2 Zech 13:9; Matt 3:10-12; 1 Cor 3:13-15 ↩
  11. 11. Malachi 3:2 Lit laundrymen’s ↩
  12. 12. Malachi 3:3 Is 1:25; Dan 12:10 ↩
  13. 13. Malachi 3:3 Ps 4:5; 51:19 ↩
  14. 14. Malachi 3:3 Or grain offerings ↩
  15. 15. Malachi 3:4 Or grain offering ↩
  16. 16. Malachi 3:4 Ps 51:17-19 ↩
  17. 17. Malachi 3:4 2 Chr 7:1-3, 12 ↩
  18. 18. Malachi 3:5 Deut 18:10; Jer 27:9, 10 ↩
  19. 19. Malachi 3:5 Ezek 22:9-11 ↩
  20. 20. Malachi 3:5 Jer 5:2; 7:9; Zech 5:4 ↩
  21. 21. Malachi 3:5 Lev 19:13 ↩
  22. 22. Malachi 3:5 Ex 22:22-24 ↩
  23. 23. Malachi 3:5 Or fatherless ↩
  24. 24. Malachi 3:5 Or sojourner ↩
  25. 25. Malachi 3:5 Deut 27:19 ↩
  26. 26. Malachi 3:5 Or revere ↩

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