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Malachi 3:15 (KJV) King James Version

1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ sope:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
1 Behold H2009 IJEC , I will send H7971 my messenger H4397 , and he shall prepare H6437 the way H1870 before H6440 me : and the Lord H113 , whom H834 RPRO ye H859 PPRO-2MS seek H1245 , shall suddenly H6597 come H935 VQY3MS to H413 PREP his temple H1964 , even the messenger H4397 of the covenant H1285 D-NFS , whom H834 RPRO ye H859 PPRO-2MS delight H2655 in : behold H2009 IJEC , he shall come H935 , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
2 But who H4310 W-IPRO may abide H3557 the day H3117 NMS of his coming H935 ? and who H4310 W-IPRO shall stand H5975 when he appeareth H7200 ? for H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS is like a refiner H6884 \'s fire H784 , and like fullers H3526 \' soap H1287 :
3 And he shall sit H3427 as a refiner H6884 and purifier H2891 of silver H3701 NMS : and he shall purify H2891 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 , and purge H2212 them as gold H2091 KD-NMS and silver H3701 , that they may offer H1961 W-VQQ3MS unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS an offering H4503 NFS in righteousness H6666 .
4 Then shall the offering H4503 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 be pleasant H6149 unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS , as in the days H3117 K-CMP of old H5769 NMS , and as in former H6931 years H8141 .
5 And I will come near H7126 to H413 you to judgment H4941 ; and I will be H1961 a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers H3784 , and against the adulterers H5003 , and against false H8267 swearers H7650 , and against those that oppress H6231 the hireling H7916 AMS in his wages H7939 , the widow H490 NFS , and the fatherless H3490 W-NMS , and that turn aside H5186 the stranger H1616 from his right , and fear H3372 not H3808 W-NPAR me , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
6 For H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 EDS , I change H8138 not H3808 NADV ; therefore ye H859 W-PPRO-2MP sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 are not H3808 NADV consumed H3615 .
7 Even from the days H3117 of your fathers H1 ye are gone away H5493 from mine ordinances H2706 , and have not H3808 W-NPAR kept H8104 them . Return H7725 unto H413 PREP-1MS me , and I will return H7725 unto H413 you , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 . But ye said H559 , Wherein H4100 shall we return H7725 ?
8 Will a man H120 NMS rob H6906 God H430 EDP ? Yet H3588 CONJ ye H859 PPRO-2MS have robbed H6906 me . But ye say H559 , Wherein H4100 have we robbed H6906 thee ? In tithes H4643 and offerings H8641 .
9 Ye H859 PPRO-2MS are cursed H779 with a curse H3994 : for ye H859 PPRO-2MS have robbed H6906 me , even this whole H3605 nation H1471 .
10 Bring H935 ye all H3605 NMS the tithes H4643 into H413 PREP the storehouse H1004 CMS , that there may be H1961 W-VQI3MS meat H2964 in mine house H1004 , and prove H974 me now H4994 IJEC herewith H2063 , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , if H518 PART I will not H3808 NADV open H6605 VQY1MS you the windows H699 of heaven H8064 D-NMD , and pour you out H7324 a blessing H1293 , that H5704 PREP there shall not H1097 ADV be room enough H1767 to receive it .
11 And I will rebuke H1605 the devourer H398 for your sakes , and he shall not H3808 W-NPAR destroy H7843 the fruits H6529 NMS of your ground H127 D-NFS ; neither H3808 W-NPAR shall your vine H1612 cast her fruit before the time H7921 in the field H7704 B-NMS , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
12 And all H3605 NMS nations H1471 D-NMP shall call you blessed H833 : for H3588 CONJ ye H859 PPRO-2MS shall be H1961 a delightful H2656 land H776 GFS , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
13 Your words H1697 have been stout H2388 against H5921 PREP-1MS me , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS . Yet ye say H559 , What H4100 IPRO have we spoken H1696 so much against H5921 PREP-2MS thee ?
14 Ye have said H559 , It is vain H7723 NMS to serve H5647 God H430 EDP : and what H4100 W-IPRO profit H1215 NMS is it that H3588 CONJ we have kept H8104 his ordinance H4931 , and that H3588 CONJ we have walked H1980 mournfully H6941 before H6440 M-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 ?
15 And now H6258 W-ADV we H587 PPRO-1MP call the proud happy H833 ; yea H1571 CONJ , they that work H6213 wickedness H7564 are set up H1129 ; yea H1571 CONJ , they that tempt H974 God H430 EDP are even delivered H4422 .
16 Then H227 ADV they that feared H3373 the LORD H3068 EDS spoke H1696 often one H376 NMS to H854 PREP another H7453 NMS-3MS : and the LORD H3068 EDS hearkened H7181 , and heard H8085 it , and a book H5612 CMS of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him for them that feared H3372 the LORD H3068 EDS , and that thought H2803 upon his name H8034 CMS-3MS .
17 And they shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS mine , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , in that day H3117 when H834 RPRO I H589 PPRO-1MS make up H6213 VQPMS my jewels H5459 ; and I will spare H2550 them , as H834 RPRO a man H376 NMS spareth H2550 VQY3MS his own son H1121 CMS-3MS that serveth H5647 him .
18 Then shall ye return H7725 , and discern H7200 between H996 PREP the righteous H6662 AMS and the wicked H7563 , between H996 PREP him that serveth H5647 VQPMS God H430 EDP and him H834 L-RPRO that serveth H5647 him not H3808 NADV .