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Malachi 3

1Behold, I willsendשֹׁלֵחַ֙sho.le.aChH7971mymessengerמַלְאָכִ֔יmal.'a.KhiH4397, and he shallprepareוּפִנָּה־u.fi.nah-H6437thewayדֶ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870beforeלְפָנָ֑יle.fa.NaiH6440me: and theLordהָאָד֣וֹן׀ha.'a.DonH113, whom yeseekמְבַקְשִׁ֗יםme.vak.ShimH1245, shallsuddenlyוּפִתְאֹם֩u.fit.'OmH6597comeיָב֨וֹאya.Vo'H935to histempleהֵיכָל֜וֹhei.kha.LoH1964, even themessengerוּמַלְאַ֨ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397of thecovenantהַבְּרִ֜יתha.be.RitH1285, whom yedelightחֲפֵצִים֙cha.fe.TzimH2655in: behold, he shallcomeבָ֔אVa'H935,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

2But who mayabideמְכַלְכֵּל֙me.khal.KelH3557thedayי֣וֹםYomH3117of hiscomingבּוֹא֔וֹbo.'OH935? and who shallstandהָעֹמֵ֖דha.'o.MedH5975when heappearethבְּהֵרָֽאוֹת֑וֹbe.he.ra.'o.ToH7200? for he is like arefiner’sמְצָרֵ֔ףme.tza.RefH6884fireכְּאֵ֣שׁke.'EshH784, and likefullersמְכַבְּסִֽים׃me.kha.be.SimH3526’soapוּכְבֹרִ֖יתu.khe.vo.RitH1287:

3And he shallsitוְיָשַׁ֨בve.ya.ShavH3427as arefinerמְצָרֵ֤ףme.tza.RefH6884andpurifierוּמְטַהֵר֙u.me.ta.HerH2891ofsilverכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefH3701: and he shallpurifyוְטִהַ֤רve.ti.HarH2891thesonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofLeviלֵוִי֙le.ViH3878, andpurgeוְזִקַּ֣קve.zi.KakH2212them asgoldכַּזָּהָ֖בka.za.HavH2091andsilverוְכַכָּ֑סֶףve.kha.Ka.sefH3701, that they mayofferמַגִּישֵׁ֥יma.gi.SheiH5066to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068anofferingמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503inrighteousnessבִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitz.da.KahH6666.

4Then shall theofferingמִנְחַ֥תmin.ChatH4503ofJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םvi.ru.sha.LimH3389bepleasantוְעָֽרְבָה֙ve.'a.re.VahH6149to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068, as in thedaysכִּימֵ֣יki.MeiH3117ofoldעוֹלָ֔םo.LamH5769, and as informerקַדְמֹנִיּֽוֹת׃kad.mo.ni.YotH6931yearsוּכְשָׁנִ֖יםu.khe.sha.NimH8141.

5And I will comenearוְקָרַבְתִּ֣יve.ka.rav.TiH7126to you tojudgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּט֒la.mish.PatH4941; and I will be aswiftמְמַהֵ֗רme.ma.HerH4116witnessעֵ֣ד'edH5707against thesorcerersבַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙bam.kha.she.FimH3784, and against theadulterersוּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםu.vam.Na.'a.FimH5003, and againstfalseלַשָּׁ֑קֶרla.Sha.kerH8267swearersוּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖יםu.va.nish.ba.'ImH7650, and against those thatoppressוּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣יu.ve.'o.she.KeiH6231thehirelingשָׂ֠כִירSa.khirH7916in hiswagesשְׂכַר־se.kha.r.Sa-H7939, thewidowאַלְמָנָ֨ה'al.ma.NahH490, and thefatherlessוְיָת֤וֹםve.ya.TomH3490, and that turnasideוּמַטֵּי־u.ma.tei-H5186thestrangerגֵר֙gerH1616from his right, andfearיְרֵא֔וּנִיye.re.'U.niH3372not me,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

6For I am theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, Ichangeשָׁנִ֑יתִיsha.Ni.tiH8138not; therefore yesonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290are notconsumedכְלִיתֶֽם׃khe.li.TemH3615.

7Even from thedaysלְמִימֵ֨יle.mi.MeiH3117of yourfathersאֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם'a.vo.tei.KhemH1ye have goneawayסַרְתֶּ֤םsar.TemH5493from myordinancesמֵֽחֻקַּי֙me.chu.KaiH2706, and have notkeptשְׁמַרְתֶּ֔םshe.mar.TemH8104them .Returnשׁ֤וּבוּShu.vuH7725to me, and I willreturnוְאָשׁ֣וּבָהve.'a.Shu.vahH7725to you,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635. But yesaidוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559, How shall wereturnנָשֽׁוּב׃na.ShuvH7725?

8Will amanאָדָ֜ם'a.DamH120robהֲיִקְבַּ֨עha.yik.Ba'H6906Godאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430? Yet ye haverobbedקֹבְעִ֣יםkoe.'ImH6906me. But yesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559, How have werobbedקְבַעֲנ֑וּךָke.va.'a.Nu.chaH6906thee? Intithesהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖רha.ma.'a.SerH4643andofferingsוְהַתְּרוּמָֽה׃ve.ha.te.ru.MahH8641.

9Ye arecursedנֵֽאָרִ֔יםne.'a.RimH779with acurseבַּמְּאֵרָה֙ba.me.'e.RahH3994: for ye haverobbedקֹבְעִ֑יםkoe.'ImH6906me, even this wholenationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471.

10Bringהָבִ֨יאוּha.Vi.'uH935ye all thetithesהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֜רha.ma.'a.SerH4643into thestorehouseהָאוֹצָ֗רha.'o.TzarH214, that there may befoodטֶ֙רֶף֙te.refH2964in myhouseH1004, andtestוּבְחָנ֤וּנִיu.ve.cha.Nu.niH974me now inthisבָּזֹ֔אתba.ZotH2063,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, if I will notopenאֶפְתַּ֣ח'ef.TachH6605for you thewindowsאֲרֻבּ֣וֹת'a.ru.BotH699ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and pour yououtוַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥יva.ha.ri.ko.TiH7324ablessingבְּרָכָ֖הbe.ra.KhahH1293, that there shall not be roomenoughדָֽי׃DaiH1767to receive it .

11And I willrebukeוְגָעַרְתִּ֤יve.ga.'ar.TiH1605thedevourerבָּֽאֹכֵ֔לba.'o.KhelH398for your sakes, and he shall notdestroyיַשְׁחִ֥תyash.ChitH7843thefruitsפְּרִ֣יpe.RiH6529of yourgroundהָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.MahH127; neither shall yourvineהַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ha.Ge.fenH1612cast herfruitתְשַׁכֵּ֨לte.sha.KelH7921before the time in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.DehH7704,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

12And allnationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471shall call youblessedוְאִשְּׁר֥וּve.'i.she.RuH833: for ye shall be adelightsomeחֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzH2656landאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ סtze.va.'otH6635.

13Yourwordsדִּבְרֵיכֶ֖םdiv.rei.KhemH1697have beenstoutחָזְק֥וּcha.ze.KuH2388against me,saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068. Yet yesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕םva.'a.mar.TemH559, What have wespokenנִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּnid.Bar.nuH1696so much against thee?

14Ye havesaidאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם'a.mar.TemH559, It isvainשָׁ֖וְאshav'H7723toserveעֲבֹ֣ד'a.VodH5647Godאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430: and whatprofitבֶּ֗צַעBe.tza'H1215is it that we havekeptשָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙sha.Mar.nuH8104hisordinanceמִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹmish.mar.ToH4931, and that we havewalkedהָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ha.Lakh.nuH1980mournfullyקְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתke.Do.ra.NitH6941beforeמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635?

15And now wecallH833theproudזֵדִ֑יםze.DimH2086happyH833; yea, they thatworkעֹשֵׂ֣י'o.SeiH6213wickednessרִשְׁעָ֔הrish.'AhH7564are setupנִבְנוּ֙niv.NuH1129; even they thattemptבָּחֲנ֛וּba.cha.NuH974Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430aredeliveredוַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃vai.yi.ma.Le.tuH4422.

16Then they thatfearedיִרְאֵ֥יyir.'EiH3373theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spokeoftenנִדְבְּר֛וּnid.be.RuH1696oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376toanotherרֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huH7453: and theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hearkenedוַיַּקְשֵׁ֤בvai.yak.ShevH7181, andheardוַיִּשְׁמָ֔עvai.yish.Ma'H8085it, and abookסֵ֣פֶרSe.ferH5612ofremembranceזִכָּר֤וֹןzi.ka.RonH2146waswrittenוַ֠יִּכָּתֵבVai.yi.ka.tevH3789beforeלְפָנָיו֙le.fa.NavH6440him for them thatfearedלְיִרְאֵ֣יle.yir.'EiH3373theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and thatthoughtוּלְחֹשְׁבֵ֖יu.le.cho.she.VeiH2803upon hisnameשְׁמֽוֹ׃she.MoH8034.

17And they shall be mine,saithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, in thatdayלַיּ֕וֹםlai.YomH3117when I makeupעֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.SehH6213myjewelsסְגֻלָּ֑הse.gu.LahH5459; and I willspareוְחָמַלְתִּ֣יve.cha.mal.TiH2550them, as amanאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376sparethיַחְמֹ֣לyach.MolH2550his ownsonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121thatservethהָעֹבֵ֥דha.'o.VedH5647him.

18Then shall yereturnוְשַׁבְתֶּם֙ve.shav.TemH7725, anddiscernוּרְאִיתֶ֔םu.re.'i.TemH7200between therighteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662and thewickedלְרָשָׁ֑עle.ra.Sha'H7563, between him thatservethעֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH5647Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430and him thatservethעֲבָדֽוֹ׃ סa.va.DoH5647him not.

Commentaries on Malachi 3

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