Malachi 3
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Malachi 3:7-15

7“From the 1daysH3117 of your fathersH1 you have turnedH5493 asideH5493 from My statutesH2706 and have not keptH8104 them. 2ReturnH7725 to Me, and I will returnH7725 to you,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635. “But you sayH559, ‘HowH4100 shall we returnH7725?’

8“Will a manH120 3robH6906 GodH430? YetH3588 you are robbingH6906 Me! But you sayH559, ‘HowH4100 have we robbedH6906 You?’ In 4tithesH4643 and 5offeringsH8641. 9You are 6cursedH779 with a curseH3994, for you are 7robbingH6906 Me, the wholeH3605 nationH1471 of you! 108BringH935 the wholeH3605 titheH4643 into the storehouseH214, so that there may be 9foodH2964 in My houseH1004, and testH974 Me nowH4994 in thisH2088,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, “ifH518 I will not 10openH6605 for you the windowsH699 of heavenH8064 and 11pourH7385 out for you a blessingH1293 untilH5704 1213it overflowsH1097H1767. 11Then I will rebukeH1605 the 14devourerH398 for you, so that it will not 15destroyH7843 the fruitsH6529 of the groundH127; norH3808 will your vineH1612 in the fieldH7704 castH7921 its grapes,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635. 12“16AllH3605 the nationsH1471 will callH833 you blessedH833, for you shall be a 17delightfulH2656 landH776,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635.

13“Your wordsH1697 have beenH2388 18arrogantH2388 againstH5921 Me,” saysH559 the LordH3068. “Yet you sayH559, ‘WhatH4100 have we spokenH1696 againstH5921 You?’ 14You have saidH559, ‘It is 19vainH7723 to serveH5647 GodH430; and whatH4100 20profitH1215 is it that we have keptH8104 His chargeH4931, and that we have walkedH1980 in mourningH6941 beforeH4480H6440 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635? 15So nowH6258 we 21callH833 the arrogantH2086 blessedH833; not onlyH1571 are the doersH6213 of wickednessH7564 builtH1129 up but they alsoH1571 testH974 GodH430 and 22escapeH4422.’”

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Notes

  1. 1. Malachi 3:7 Jer 7:25, 26; 16:11, 12 ↩
  2. 2. Malachi 3:7 Zech 1:3 ↩
  3. 3. Malachi 3:8 Or defraud ↩
  4. 4. Malachi 3:8 Neh 13:11, 12 ↩
  5. 5. Malachi 3:8 Or heave offerings ↩
  6. 6. Malachi 3:9 Mal 2:2 ↩
  7. 7. Malachi 3:9 Or defrauding ↩
  8. 8. Malachi 3:10 Lev 27:30; Num 18:21-24; Deut 12:6; 14:22-29; Neh 13:12 ↩
  9. 9. Malachi 3:10 Lit prey ↩
  10. 10. Malachi 3:10 Ps 78:23-29 ↩
  11. 11. Malachi 3:10 Ezek 34:26 ↩
  12. 12. Malachi 3:10 Or there is not room enough ↩
  13. 13. Malachi 3:10 Lev 26:3-5 ↩
  14. 14. Malachi 3:11 Joel 1:4; 2:25 ↩
  15. 15. Malachi 3:11 Lit ruin ↩
  16. 16. Malachi 3:12 Is 61:9 ↩
  17. 17. Malachi 3:12 Is 62:4 ↩
  18. 18. Malachi 3:13 Lit strong ↩
  19. 19. Malachi 3:14 Jer 2:25; 18:12 ↩
  20. 20. Malachi 3:14 Is 58:3 ↩
  21. 21. Malachi 3:15 Is 2:22; Mal 4:1 ↩
  22. 22. Malachi 3:15 Jer 7:10 ↩

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