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 .