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¹ The burden 04853 of the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to Israel 03478 by 03027 Malachi 04401. by…: Heb. by the hand of

² I have loved 0157 you, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. Yet ye say 0559, How hast thou loved 0157 us? Was not Esau 06215 Jacob’s 03290 brother 0251? saith 0559 the LORD 03068: yet I loved 0157 Jacob 03290,

³ And I hated 08130 Esau 06215, and laid 07760 his mountains 02022 and his heritage 05159 waste 08077 for the dragons 08568 of the wilderness 04057.

⁴ Though Edom 0123 saith 0559, We are impoverished 07567, but we will return 07725 and build 01129 the desolate places 02723; thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, They shall build 01129, but I will throw down 02040; and they shall call 07121 them, The border 01366 of wickedness 07564, and, The people 05971 against whom the LORD 03068 hath indignation 02194 for 05704 ever 05769.

⁵ And your eyes 05869 shall see 07200, and ye shall say 0559, The LORD 03068 will be magnified 01431 from the border 01366 of Israel 03478. from: or, upon: Heb. from upon

⁶ A son 01121 honoureth 03513 his father 01, and a servant 05650 his master 0113: if then I am a father 01, where is my honour 03519? and if I am a master 0113, where is my fear 04172? saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 to you, O priests 03548, that despise 0959 my name 08034. And ye say 0559, How have we despised 0959 thy name 08034?

⁷ Ye offer 05066 polluted 01351 bread 03899 upon my altar 04196; and ye say 0559, How have we polluted 01351 thee? In that ye say 0559, The table 07979 of the LORD 03068 is contemptible 0959. offer…: or, bring unto, etc

⁸ And if ye offer 05066 the blind 05787 for sacrifice 02076, is it not evil 07451? and if ye offer 05066 the lame 06455 and sick 02470, is it not evil 07451? offer 07126 it now to thy governor 06346; will he be pleased 07521 with thee, or accept 05375 thy person 06440? saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. for: Heb. to

⁹ And now, I pray you, beseech 02470, 6440 God 0410 that he will be gracious 02603 to us: this hath been by your means 03027: will he regard 05375 your person 06440? saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. God: Heb. the face of Godby…: Heb. from your hand

¹⁰ Who is there even among you that would shut 05462 the doors 01817 for nought? neither do ye kindle 0215 fire on my altar 04196 for nought 02600. I have no pleasure 02656 in you, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, neither will I accept 07521 an offering 04503 at your hand 03027.

¹¹ For from the rising 04217 of the sun 08121 even to the setting 03996 of the same my name 08034 shall be great 01419 among the Gentiles 01471; and in every place 04725 incense 06999 shall be offered 05066 to my name 08034, and a pure 02889 offering 04503: for my name 08034 shall be great 01419 among the heathen 01471, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.

¹² But ye have profaned 02490 it, in that ye say 0559, The table 07979 of the LORD 03068 is polluted 01351; and the fruit 05108 of it, even his food 0400, is contemptible 0959.

¹³ Ye said 0559 also, Behold, what a weariness 04972 is it! and ye have sneered 05301 at it, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635; and ye brought 0935 that which was torn 01497, and the lame 06455, and the sick 02470; thus ye brought 0935 an offering 04503: should I accept 07521 this from your hand 03027? saith 0559 the LORD 03068. and ye have…: or, whereas ye might have blown it away

¹⁴ But cursed 0779 be the deceiver 05230, who 03426 hath in his flock 05739 a male 02145, and voweth 05087, and sacrificeth 02076 to the Lord 0136 a corrupt thing 07843: for I am a great 01419 King 04428, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, and my name 08034 is terrible 03372 among the heathen 01471. which…: Heb. in whose flock is

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¹ And now, O ye priests 03548, this commandment 04687 is for you.

² If ye will not hear 08085, and if ye will not lay 07760 it to heart 03820, to give 05414 glory 03519 to my name 08034, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, I will even send 07971 a curse 03994 upon you, and I will curse 0779 your blessings 01293: yea, I have cursed 0779 them already, because ye do not lay 07760 it to heart 03820.

³ Behold, I will corrupt 01605 your seed 02233, and spread 02219 dung 06569 upon your faces 06440, even the dung 06569 of your solemn feasts 02282; and one shall take you away 05375 with it. corrupt: or, reprovespread: Heb. scatterone…: or, it shall take you away to it

⁴ And ye shall know 03045 that I have sent 07971 this commandment 04687 to you, that my covenant 01285 might be with Levi 03878, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.

⁵ My covenant 01285 was with him of life 02416 and peace 07965; and I gave 05414 them to him for the fear 04172 which he feared 03372 me, and was afraid 02865 before 06440 my name 08034.

⁶ The law 08451 of truth 0571 was in his mouth 06310, and iniquity 05766 was not found 04672 in his lips 08193: he walked 01980 with me in peace 07965 and equity 04334, and turned 07725 many 07227 away 07725 from iniquity 05771.

⁷ For the priest’s 03548 lips 08193 should keep 08104 knowledge 01847, and they should seek 01245 the law 08451 at his mouth 06310: for he is the messenger 04397 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.

⁸ But ye have departed 05493 out of the way 01870; ye have caused many 07227 to stumble 03782 at the law 08451; ye have corrupted 07843 the covenant 01285 of Levi 03878, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. stumble at: or, fall in

⁹ Therefore have I also made 05414 you contemptible 0959 and base 08217 before all the people 05971, according 06310 as ye have not kept 08104 my ways 01870, but have been partial 05375, 6440 in the law 08451. have been…: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces

¹⁰ Have we not all one 0259 father 01? hath not one 0259 God 0410 created 01254 us? why do we deal treacherously 0898 every man 0376 against his brother 0251, by profaning 02490 the covenant 01285 of our fathers 01?

¹¹ Judah 03063 hath dealt treacherously 0898, and an abomination 08441 is committed 06213 in Israel 03478 and in Jerusalem 03389; for Judah 03063 hath profaned 02490 the holiness 06944 of the LORD 03068 whom he loved 0157, and hath married 01166 the daughter 01323 of a foreign 05236 god 0410. loved: or, ought to love

¹² The LORD 03068 will cut off 03772 the man 0376 that doeth 06213 this, the master 05782 and the scholar 06030, out of the tabernacles 0168 of Jacob 03290, and him that offereth 05066 an offering 04503 to the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. the master…: or, him that waketh, and him that answereth

¹³ And this have ye done 06213 again 08145, covering 03680 the altar 04196 of the LORD 03068 with tears 01832, with weeping 01065, and with crying out 0603, insomuch that he regardeth 06437 not the offering 04503 any more, or receiveth 03947 it with good will 07522 at your hand 03027.

¹⁴ Yet ye say 0559, Why 04100? Because the LORD 03068 hath been witness 05749 between thee and the wife 0802 of thy youth 05271, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously 0898: yet is she thy companion 02278, and the wife 0802 of thy covenant 01285.

¹⁵ And did he not make 06213 one 0259? Yet had he the remnant 07605 of the spirit 07307. And why one 0259? That he might seek 01245 a godly 0430 seed 02233. Therefore take heed 08104 to your spirit 07307, and let none deal treacherously 0898 against the wife 0802 of his youth 05271. residue: or, excellencygodly…: Heb. seed of Godtreacherously: or, unfaithfully

¹⁶ For the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, saith 0559 that he hateth 08130 putting away 07971: for one covereth 03680 violence 02555 with his garment 03830, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635: therefore take heed 08104 to your spirit 07307, that ye deal not treacherously 0898. that he…: or, if he hate her, put her awayputting…: Heb. to put away

¹⁷ Ye have wearied 03021 the LORD 03068 with your words 01697. Yet ye say 0559, How have we wearied 03021 him? When ye say 0559, Every one that doeth 06213 evil 07451 is good 02896 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and he delighteth 02654 in them; or, Where is the God 0430 of judgment 04941?

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¹ Behold, I will send 07971 my messenger 04397, and he shall prepare 06437 the way 01870 before 06440 me: and the Lord 0113, whom ye seek 01245, shall suddenly 06597 come 0935 to his temple 01964, even the messenger 04397 of the covenant 01285, whom ye delight 02655 in: behold, he shall come 0935, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.

² But who may abide 03557 the day 03117 of his coming 0935? and who shall stand 05975 when he appeareth 07200? for he is like a refiner’s 06884 fire 0784, and like fullers 03526’ soap 01287:

³ And he shall sit 03427 as a refiner 06884 and purifier 02891 of silver 03701: and he shall purify 02891 the sons 01121 of Levi 03878, and purge 02212 them as gold 02091 and silver 03701, that they may offer 05066 to the LORD 03068 an offering 04503 in righteousness 06666.

⁴ Then shall the offering 04503 of Judah 03063 and Jerusalem 03389 be pleasant 06149 to the LORD 03068, as in the days 03117 of old 05769, and as in former 06931 years 08141. former: or, ancient

⁵ And I will come near 07126 to you to judgment 04941; and I will be a swift 04116 witness 05707 against the sorcerers 03784, and against the adulterers 05003, and against false 08267 swearers 07650, and against those that oppress 06231 the hireling 07916 in his wages 07939, the widow 0490, and the fatherless 03490, and that turn aside 05186 the stranger 01616 from his right, and fear 03372 not me, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. oppress: or, defraud

⁶ For I am the LORD 03068, I change 08138 not; therefore ye sons 01121 of Jacob 03290 are not consumed 03615.

⁷ Even from the days 03117 of your fathers 01 ye have gone away 05493 from my ordinances 02706, and have not kept 08104 them. Return 07725 to me, and I will return 07725 to you, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. But ye said 0559, How shall we return 07725?

⁸ Will a man 0120 rob 06906 God 0430? Yet ye have robbed 06906 me. But ye say 0559, How have we robbed 06906 thee? In tithes 04643 and offerings 08641.

⁹ Ye are cursed 0779 with a curse 03994: for ye have robbed 06906 me, even this whole nation 01471.

¹⁰ Bring 0935 ye all the tithes 04643 into the storehouse 0214, that there may be food 02964 in my house 01004, and test 0974 me now in this 02063, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, if I will not open 06605 for you the windows 0699 of heaven 08064, and pour you out 07324 a blessing 01293, that there shall not be room enough 01767 to receive it. pour…: Heb. empty out

¹¹ And I will rebuke 01605 the devourer 0398 for your sakes, and he shall not destroy 07843 the fruits 06529 of your ground 0127; neither shall your vine 01612 cast her fruit 07921 before the time in the field 07704, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635. destroy: Heb. corrupt

¹² And all nations 01471 shall call you blessed 0833: for ye shall be a delightsome 02656 land 0776, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.

¹³ Your words 01697 have been stout 02388 against me, saith 0559 the LORD 03068. Yet ye say 0559, What have we spoken 01696 so much against thee?

¹⁴ Ye have said 0559, It is vain 07723 to serve 05647 God 0430: and what profit 01215 is it that we have kept 08104 his ordinance 04931, and that we have walked 01980 mournfully 06941 before 06440 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635? ordinance: Heb. observationmournfully: Heb. in black

¹⁵ And now we call 0833 the proud 02086 happy 0833; yea, they that work 06213 wickedness 07564 are set up 01129; even they that tempt 0974 God 0430 are delivered 04422. are set up: Heb. are built

¹⁶ Then they that feared 03373 the LORD 03068 spoke often 01696 one 0376 to another 07453: and the LORD 03068 hearkened 07181, and heard 08085 it, and a book 05612 of remembrance 02146 was written 03789 before 06440 him for them that feared 03373 the LORD 03068, and that thought 02803 upon his name 08034.

¹⁷ And they shall be mine, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, in that day 03117 when I make up 06213 my jewels 05459; and I will spare 02550 them, as a man 0376 spareth 02550 his own son 01121 that serveth 05647 him. jewels: or, special treasure

¹⁸ Then shall ye return 07725, and discern 07200 between the righteous 06662 and the wicked 07563, between him that serveth 05647 God 0430 and him that serveth 05647 him not.

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¹ For, behold, the day 03117 cometh 0935, that shall burn 01197 as an oven 08574; and all the proud 02086, and all that do 06213 wickedly 07564, shall be stubble 07179: and the day 03117 that cometh 0935 shall burn them up 03857, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, that it shall leave 05800 them neither root 08328 nor branch 06057.

² But to you that fear 03373 my name 08034 shall the Sun 08121 of righteousness 06666 arise 02224 with healing 04832 in his wings 03671; and ye shall go forth 03318, and grow up 06335 as calves 05695 of the stall 04770.

³ And ye shall tread down 06072 the wicked 07563; for they shall be ashes 0665 under the soles 03709 of your feet 07272 in the day 03117 that I shall do 06213 this, saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.

⁴ Remember 02142 ye the law 08451 of Moses 04872 my servant 05650, which I commanded 06680 to him in Horeb 02722 for all Israel 03478, with the statutes 02706 and judgments 04941.

⁵ Behold, I will send 07971 you Elijah 0452 the prophet 05030 before 06440 the coming 0935 of the great 01419 and terrible 03372 day 03117 of the LORD 03068:

⁶ And he shall turn 07725 the heart 03820 of the fathers 01 to the children 01121, and the heart 03820 of the children 01121 to their fathers 01, lest I come 0935 and smite 05221 the earth 0776 with a curse 02764.