Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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.
“
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.
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'
soap :
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 .
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.
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.
Then shall
the offering
of Judah and Jerusalem be
pleasant
unto
the LORD, as in the
days of old ,
and as
in
former
years.
Then the offerings
of Judah and Jerusalem will
please
the LORD, as in days of old and years gone
by
.
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.
“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.
For
I am
the LORD, I
change
not ;
therefore
ye
sons
of Jacob are
not consumed
.
“Because
I ,
the LORD, do
not change,
you
descendants
of Jacob have
not been
destroyed
.
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?
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? ’
Will a man rob God? Yet ye
have
robbed
me .
But ye
say
, Wherein
have
we robbed
thee
? In tithes and offerings.
Will a man rob God? Yet you
are
robbing
Me !
But you
ask
, ‘How
do
we rob
You
? ’
In tithes and offerings.
Ye
are cursed with a curse :
for
ye
have
robbed
me
, even
this
whole nation.
You
are cursed with a curse, yet
you—the
whole nation —are
still
robbing
Me
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
all nations shall
call you blessed :
for ye
shall
be a delightsome
land, saith
the LORD of hosts.
“Then
all the
nations will
call you blessed ,
for you
will
be a land of
delight
, ”
says
the LORD of Hosts.
Your words have
been
stout
against me, saith
the LORD. Yet ye
say
, What have we spoken so
much
against thee
?
“
Your words against Me have
been
harsh
, ”
says
the LORD. “
Yet you
ask
, ‘
What have we spoken against You
? ’
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?
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?
And
now we call the proud
happy;
yea,
they
that
work
wickedness
are
set
up;
yea
, they that
tempt
God
are
even delivered
.
So
now we call the arrogant
blessed.
Not
only
do
evildoers
prosper
, they even test
God
and
escape
. ’”
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.
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.
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.
“
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.
Then
shall
ye
return,
and
discern
between the righteous and the wicked, between him
that
serveth
God and him
that
serveth
him
not.
So
you
will
again
distinguish
between the righteous and the wicked, between those
who
serve
God and those
who
do
not. ”
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