Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
“
Behold, I will
send My messenger, who
will
prepare the way before Me .
Then
the Lord whom you
seek will suddenly come to His temple —
the Messenger of the covenant, in
whom you
delight—see
, He is
coming
, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
Behold, I send my messenger, and
he
shall
prepare the way before me :
and
the Lord ,
whom ye
seek ,
will suddenly come to his temple ;
and
the messenger of the covenant, whom ye
desire
, behold,
he cometh
, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
But who can endure
the day of His coming? And who can
stand when He appears
? For He will
be
like a refiner’s
fire, like a
launderer’s
soap .
But who can abide
the day of his coming? and who shall
stand when he appeareth
? for he is
like a refiner's
fire, and
like fuller's
soap :
And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ;
He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like
gold and silver .
Then
they will
present
offerings to
the
LORD
in righteousness.
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ,
and
he will purify the sons of Levi ,
and refine them as
gold and silver ;
and
they shall
offer
unto
Jehovah
offerings in righteousness.
Then the offerings
of Judah and Jerusalem will
please
the
LORD
, as in days of old and years gone
by
.
Then shall
the offering
of Judah and Jerusalem be
pleasant
unto
Jehovah
, as in the
days of old ,
and as
in
ancient
years.
“Then
I will draw
near to you for
judgment .
And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and
perjurers
, against oppressors
of
the widowed
and
fatherless
, and against those who
defraud
laborers
of
their
wages and deny
justice
to
the foreigner
but
do
not
fear Me, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
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 the false
swearers
, and against those that
oppress
the
hireling
in
his
wages ,
the
widow,
and the fatherless,
and
that
turn
aside
the
sojourner
`from
his
right',
and
fear not
me, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
“Because
I, the
LORD
, do
not
change, you
descendants
of Jacob have
not been
destroyed
.
For
I, Jehovah
, change not;
therefore
ye
, O
sons
of Jacob ,
are
not consumed
.
Yet
from the days of your fathers ,
you
have turned away
from My
statutes
and have not kept them. Return to
Me, and I will return to
you, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts. “
But you
ask
, ‘How
can
we return? ’
From the days of your fathers ye
have turned aside
from mine
ordinances,
and have not kept them. Return unto
me, and I will return unto
you, saith
Jehovah
of hosts. But ye
say
, Wherein
shall
we return?
Will a man rob God? Yet you
are
robbing
Me !
But you
ask
, ‘How
do
we rob
You
? ’
In tithes and offerings.
Will a man rob God? yet ye
rob
me .
But ye
say
, Wherein
have
we robbed
thee
? In tithes and offerings.
You
are cursed with a
curse, yet
you—the
whole nation —are
still
robbing
Me
.
Ye
are cursed with the
curse ;
for
ye
rob
me
, even
this
whole nation.
Bring the full
tithe into the storehouse
, so
that there may be food in My house .
Test
Me in
this
, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts .
“See
if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out
for
you blessing without
measure
.
Bring ye
the whole
tithe into the store-house
, that there may be food in my house ,
and
prove
me now
herewith
, saith
Jehovah
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'
.
I will rebuke the devourer for you
, so
that
it
will
not destroy the fruits of your land,
and
the
vine in your
field will
not
fail
to
produce
fruit
, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
And
I will rebuke the devourer for your
sakes
, and
he
shall
not destroy the fruits of your ground;
neither
shall
your
vine cast
its
fruit
before
the
time
in the
field, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
“Then
all the
nations will
call you blessed,
for you
will
be a land of
delight
, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
And
all nations shall
call you happy;
for ye
shall
be a delightsome
land, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
“
Your words against
Me
have been harsh
, ”
says
the
LORD
. “
Yet you
ask
, ‘
What have we spoken against You
? ’
Your words have been stout
against
me
, saith
Jehovah
. Yet ye
say
, What have we spoken against thee
?
You
have said, ‘
It is futile
to serve God .
What have
we gained
by
keeping
His requirements
and walking
mournfully before the
LORD
of Hosts?
Ye
have said, It is vain
to serve God ;
and
what profit
is
it
that
we have
kept
his charge,
and that
we
have
walked
mournfully before Jehovah
of hosts?
So
now we call the arrogant
blessed.
Not
only
do
evildoers
prosper
, they even
test
God and escape. ’”
And
now we call the proud
happy;
yea
, they that
work
wickedness
are
built
up;
yea,
they
tempt
God ,
and escape.
At
that time
those
who
feared the
LORD
spoke
with
one another ,
and the
LORD
listened
and heard them.
So
a scroll
of remembrance was written before Him regarding
those
who
feared the
LORD
and honored
His name.
Then
they
that feared Jehovah
spake
one with
another ;
and Jehovah
hearkened,
and heard ,
and
a book
of remembrance was written before him ,
for
them
that
feared Jehovah,
and that
thought
upon
his name.
“
They will
be Mine, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts, “on
the day when
I prepare
My
treasured
possession.
And I will spare them as a man spares
his own son who
serves
him.
And
they shall
be mine, saith
Jehovah
of hosts, `even'
mine
own
possession,
in
the day that
I make;
and I will spare them ,
as a man spareth
his own son that
serveth
him.
So
you
will
again
distinguish
between the righteous and the wicked, between those
who
serve
God and those
who
do
not. ”
Then
shall
ye
return
and
discern
between the righteous and the wicked, between him
that
serveth
God and him
that
serveth
him
not.
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