Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Lo
, I am
sending
My messenger, And he hath
prepared
a
way before Me, And
suddenly come in
unto
his temple Doth
the
Lord
whom
ye
are
seeking
, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are
desiring
, Lo,
he is
coming
, said
Jehovah
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 :
And
who is
bearing
the day of his coming? And who is
standing
in
his
appearing
? For he `
is '
as
fire of
a
refiner
, And as
soap of
a
fuller.
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 hath
sat,
a refiner and purifier of silver ,
And he hath
purified
the sons of Levi, And hath
refined
them as gold and as
silver, And
they have
been
to
Jehovah
bringing
nigh
a
present
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.
And
sweet
to
Jehovah
hath
been
the present
of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.
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.
And I have
drawn
near to you for
judgment ,
And I have
been
a witness ,
Making
haste
against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to
a
falsehood
, And against oppressors
of
the hire
of
an
hireling, Of
a
widow, and of
a
fatherless one
, And those
turning
aside a
sojourner
, And who
fear Me not
, said
Jehovah
of Hosts.
For I am the
LORD
, I change
not ;
therefore
ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
For I `
am '
Jehovah
, I have
not changed,
And
ye ,
the
sons of Jacob ,
Ye
have
not been
consumed.
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
?
Even from the days of your fathers Ye have
turned
aside
from My
statutes
, And ye
have not taken
heed
. Turn
back
unto Me, and I turn
back
to
you, Said
Jehovah
of Hosts. And
ye have
said, `In
what
do
we turn
back
? '
Will
a
man rob
God? Yet
ye
have
robbed
me.
But ye say
, Wherein
have we robbed
thee? In
tithes
and offerings.
Doth
man deceive
God? but ye are
deceiving
Me
, And
ye
have said:
`In
what
have
we deceived
Thee? '
The
tithe
and the
heave-offering!
Ye
are
cursed
with a curse :
for
ye have
robbed
me ,
even
this whole
nation.
With a curse ye are
cursed!
And
Me ye
are
deceiving
--
this nation --
all
of
it
.
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 in
all the tithe
unto
the treasure-house
, And
there is
food
in My
house ;
When
ye
have
tried
Me ,
now, with
this,
Said
Jehovah
of Hosts, Do
not I
open to
you the windows of heaven ?
Yea
, I
have
emptied
on
you a blessing till
there is
no
space
.
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.
And I have
pushed
for you
against
the
consumer
, And He doth
not destroy to
you
the fruit
of the
ground ,
Nor
miscarry
to
you
doth
the vine
in the field, Said
Jehovah
of Hosts.
And all nations shall
call
you
blessed:
for ye shall
be
a delightsome
land, saith
the
LORD
of hosts.
And declared
you
happy
have
all the
nations ,
For ye are
a delightful
land, said
Jehovah
of Hosts.
Your
words
have
been
stout
against me, saith
the
LORD.
Yet
ye
say
, What have we spoken so
much
against thee?
Hard
against Me have
been
your
words
, Said
Jehovah
, and
ye
have
said:
`
What have we spoken against Thee? '
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?
Ye have said, `A
vain thing
to serve God !
And what gain
when
we kept His charge?
And when
we have gone
in
black,
Because
of Jehovah
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
.
And now ,
we are
declaring
the proud happy ,
Yea, built
up have
been
those
doing
wickedness
, Yea
they have
tempted
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.
Then have
those
fearing
Jehovah
spoken
one to another, And Jehovah
doth
attend
and
hear
, And written
is
a book of memorial
before Him Of
those
fearing
Jehovah
, And of
those
esteeming
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.
And they have
been
to
Me
, said
Jehovah
of Hosts, In the
day that
I am
appointing
--
a
peculiar
treasure,
And I have
had
pity
on
them, As one
hath
pity
on
his son who
is
serving
him.
Then
shall
ye return,
and discern
between the righteous and the wicked, between him
that
serveth
God and him that
serveth
him
not.
And
ye have
turned
back
and considered,
Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the
servant
of
God and him who
is
not His
servant
.
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