Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"
Behold, I send my messenger, and he will
prepare the way before me ;
and the Lord, whom you
seek, will
suddenly come to his temple ;
and
the messenger of the covenant, whom you
desire,
behold, he comes!"
says
Yahweh
of hosts.
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.
"
But who can
endure
the day of his coming? And who will
stand when he appears
? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's
soap ;
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 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 to
Yahweh
offerings
in righteousness.
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.
Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will
be pleasant to
Yahweh
, as in the days of old, and as in ancient
years.
Then shall
the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto
the
LORD
, as in the days of old, and as in former
years.
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
perjurers
, and against those who
oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who
deprive
the foreigner
of
justice
, and don't
fear me, "
says
Yahweh
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 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.
"
For I ,
Yahweh
, don't
change; therefore you,
sons of Jacob ,
are not consumed.
For I am
the
LORD
, I
change not
; therefore ye
sons of Jacob are not consumed.
From the days of your fathers you
have
turned
aside
from my
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to
me, and I will return to
you, "
says
Yahweh
of Hosts. "
But you
say
, 'How
shall we return? '
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?
Will a man rob God? Yet you
rob
me !
But you
say, 'How
have we robbed you
? '
In tithes and offerings.
Will a man rob God? Yet ye
have
robbed
me .
But ye
say, Wherein
have we robbed thee
? In tithes and offerings.
You
are cursed with the
curse ;
for you
rob
me, even this whole nation.
Ye
are cursed with a
curse :
for ye
have
robbed
me, even this whole nation.
Bring the whole
tithe
into the store-house
, that there may be food
in my
house, and test
me now in
this
, "
says
Yahweh
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 for
.
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
.
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 its
time in the field, "
says
Yahweh
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 her
fruit before the
time in the field, saith
the
LORD
of hosts.
"
All nations shall call you blessed ,
for you
will
be a delightful
land, "
says
Yahweh
of Hosts.
And
all nations shall call you blessed :
for ye
shall
be a delightsome
land, saith
the
LORD
of hosts.
"
Your words have been stout against me, "
says
Yahweh
. "
Yet you
say, '
What have we spoken against you
? '
Your words have been stout against me, saith
the
LORD
. Yet ye
say, What have we spoken so
much
against thee
?
You
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 Yahweh
of Hosts?
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?
Now we call the proud happy; yes
, those
who
work wickedness are built
up; yes
, they tempt God ,
and
escape
. '
And
now we call the proud happy; yea
, they
that
work wickedness are set
up; yea
, they that
tempt God are
even
delivered
.
Then those
who
feared Yahweh
spoke
one with
another ;
and Yahweh
listened
, and heard, and a book of memory
was written before him ,
for those
who
feared Yahweh
, and who
honored
his name.
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.
They shall be mine, "
says
Yahweh
of Hosts, "my
own
possession
in the
day
that I make ,
and I will spare them, as a man spares
his own son who
serves
him.
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.
Then you
shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who
serves
God and him who
doesn't
serve
him.
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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