\documentclass[a4paper]{Bible} % use our own Bible document class found in Bible.cls

\begin{document}

\BibleBook{Malachi}

\BibleBookTableOfContents

\BibleTitlePage
\BibleMainTitle{Malachi }

\BibleSectionHeading{The Lord’s Love for Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Lord’s Love for Israel }
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{1}An|strong="H3068" oracle|strong="H4853". The|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" through|strong="H3027" Malachi|strong="H4401". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3808",” says|strong="H5002" the|strong="H5002" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. “But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" shown|strong="H7200" love|strong="H0157" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414"?’ Was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" Esau|strong="H6215" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" brother|strong="H0251"?” explains|strong="H8034" the|strong="H5002" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", “yet|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" loved|strong="H0157" Jacob|strong="H3290", 
\verseNumber{3}but|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" Esau|strong="H6215", and|strong="H2022" made|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" mountains|strong="H2022" a|strong="H7760" desolation|strong="H8077", and|strong="H2022" transformed|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" ancestral|strong="H3187" land|strong="H5159" into|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Edom|strong="H0112" says|strong="H3541", ‘We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" beaten|strong="H7567" down|strong="H2040", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" ruined|strong="H2040" places’” the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" says|strong="H3541", “They|strong="H1992" may|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" throw|strong="H7993" down|strong="H2040". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121", ‘The|strong="H3588" border|strong="H1366" land|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" wickedness|strong="H7564",’ the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" against|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2194" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{5}Your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H3478", ‘the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s greatness|strong="H1433" reaches|strong="H5927" beyond|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478".’” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Priests|strong="H3548" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Priests|strong="H3548" }
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{6}“A|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" honors|strong="H3513" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" servant|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113". If|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121", where|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519"? And|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", where|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" fears|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5650"? So|strong="H5650" says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100", priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H3988" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". You|strong="H4100" ask|strong="H7592", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" we|strong="H8034" despised|strong="H0959" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"?’ 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H5066" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" polluted|strong="H1351". You|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H7592", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" polluted|strong="H1351" it|strong="H1931"?’ Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" contemptible|strong="H0959".’ 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" blind|strong="H5787" animal|strong="H0929" for|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2076", ‘It|strong="H7126" doesn’t|strong="H3808" matter|strong="H1697"!’ And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H6440" lame|strong="H6455" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sick|strong="H2470" ‘It|strong="H7126" doesn’t|strong="H3808" matter|strong="H1697"!’ Give|strong="H5375" an|strong="H7126" animal|strong="H0929" like|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" governor|strong="H6346"; will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H7521" with|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7126"? Will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" receive|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3588" favorably|strong="H7521"?” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H6258", plead|strong="H2470" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" favor|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" such|strong="H2063" an|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H3068", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" gracious|strong="H2603" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994". “Would|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6258" receive|strong="H5375" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" favorably|strong="H2896"?” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{10}“If|strong="H0518" only|strong="H1571" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" would|strong="H4310" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" doors|strong="H1817", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" could|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" kindle|strong="H3341" useless|strong="H2600" fires|strong="H0784" on|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196"! I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" pleasure|strong="H2656" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", “Nor|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H7521" an|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" from|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="H3588" from|strong="H1471" the|strong="H3605" rising|strong="H4217" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" to|strong="H5704" its|strong="H3605" setting|strong="H3996" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" they|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3588" pure|strong="H2889" offering|strong="H4503". For|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{12}“But|strong="H1931" you|strong="H0859" profane|strong="H2490" me|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H2490" table|strong="H7979" of|strong="H7979" the|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" polluted|strong="H2490", and|strong="H7979" its|strong="H2490" food|strong="H3899" is|strong="H1931" contemptible|strong="H0959".’ 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H3027" say|strong="H0559" also|strong="H3068", ‘How|strong="H2009" tired|strong="H3021" we|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H2009" this|strong="H3068"!’ and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3027" sniff|strong="H5301" contemptuously|strong="H5034" at|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5301". You|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" blind|strong="H5787", the|strong="H3068" lame|strong="H6455" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sick|strong="H2470" as|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H4503". Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" accept|strong="H7521" this|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"?” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{14}“Cursed|strong="H0779" be|strong="H3426" the|strong="H3588" cheat|strong="H5791", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" flock|strong="H5739" a|strong="H3588" valuable|strong="H3368" male|strong="H2145", but|strong="H3588" vows|strong="H5087" and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" blemished|strong="H7843" animal|strong="H7843"! For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H4428" hosts|strong="H6635", “and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" feared|strong="H3372" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H1471".” 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{2}“Now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H6258" priests|strong="H3548", this|strong="H2063" command|strong="H4687" is|strong="H3548" for|strong="H3548" you|strong="H6258". 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H7760" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" name|strong="H8034",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", “Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" curse|strong="H3994" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3068" blessings|strong="H1293" into|strong="H5921" curses|strong="H3994". Indeed|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" done|strong="H7760" so|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" punish|strong="H6485" your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233"! I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" spread|strong="H2219" offal|strong="H6569" upon|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" faces|strong="H6440", even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" offal|strong="H6569" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5921" pilgrim feasts|strong="H2282", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2233" be|strong="H6440" discarded|strong="H3988". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" command|strong="H4687" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" preserved|strong="H8104",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{5}“My|strong="H5414" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" him|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8034" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" life|strong="H2416" and|strong="H6440" peace|strong="H7965". I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H2416" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5414". He|strong="H1931" revered|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H2865" in|strong="H6440" awe|strong="H2865" of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7725" true|strong="H0571" instruction|strong="H8451" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7725" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H1980" injustice|strong="H5766" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7725" lips|strong="H8193"; He|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1980" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H1980" uprightness|strong="H4334", and|strong="H1980" turned|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" iniquity|strong="H5771". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priest’s|strong="H3548" lips|strong="H8193" should|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" knowledge|strong="H1847", and|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3588" law|strong="H8451" from|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" mouth|strong="H6310", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{8}“But|strong="H1870" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5493" aside|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870". You|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7227" to|strong="H3068" stumble|strong="H3782" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451". You|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" corrupted|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{9}“So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" contemptible|strong="H0959" and|strong="H5971" degraded|strong="H7034" before|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" kept|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3605" respect|strong="H5375" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414" in|strong="H6440" imparting the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Unfaithfulness|strong="H4604" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Unfaithfulness|strong="H4604" }
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{10}Don’t|strong="H3808" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001"? Didn’t|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" created|strong="H1254" us|strong="H5414"? Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" deal|strong="H6213" faithlessly with|strong="H1285" one|strong="H3605" another|strong="H3808", profaning|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001"? 
\verseNumber{11}Judah|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3068" treacherous|strong="H0898", and|strong="H3063" abominations|strong="H8441" are|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" profaned|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3588" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" loved|strong="H0157" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" married|strong="H1166" the|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" foreign|strong="H5236" god|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{12}May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} banish|strong="H5080" from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" community|strong="H5712" of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213", anyone|strong="H3605" awaking, testifying, and|strong="H3068" making|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" also|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063": You|strong="H3947" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3947" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" tears|strong="H1832", because|strong="H3027" he|strong="H6213" doesn’t|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H4503" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750", doesn’t|strong="H3808" accept|strong="H3947" it|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{14}Yet|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592", “Why|strong="H4100"?” Because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" testifying against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" behalf|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" you|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" unfaithful|strong="H4603" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5921", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" companion|strong="H2278", and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" legal|strong="H1779" wife|strong="H0802". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{15}Did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" everyone|strong="H3605", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" both|strong="H8147" flesh|strong="H1320" and|strong="H6213" spirit|strong="H7307" is|strong="H4100" his|strong="H8104"? And|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1245" but|strong="H3808" godly|strong="H2623" children|strong="H2233"? Therefore|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H6213" your|strong="H8104" spirit|strong="H7307", and|strong="H6213" let|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7307" you|strong="H6213" deal|strong="H6213" faithlessly with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H8104" youth|strong="H5271". 
\verseNumber{16}“A|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3068" divorces|strong="H7971" or|strong="H3808" puts|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" his|strong="H8104" wife|strong="H0802",” says|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", “overwhelms|strong="H3680" her|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3068" cruelty|strong="H2555".” The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" says|strong="H0559": “Keep|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" spirit|strong="H7307", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" unfaithful|strong="H4603".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" Lord’s|strong="H3068" Coming|strong="H0935" Judgment|strong="H4941" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H5921" Lord’s|strong="H3068" Coming|strong="H0935" Judgment|strong="H4941" }
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" wearied|strong="H3021" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" ask|strong="H7592", “How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" wearied|strong="H3021" him|strong="H6213"?” By|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", “Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" delights|strong="H2654" in|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213".” Or|strong="H2896", “Where|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" justice|strong="H4941"?” 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{3}“I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" messenger|strong="H4397" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" clear|strong="H6437" a|strong="H7971" path|strong="H1870" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440": And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, who|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" seeking|strong="H1245", will|strong="H3068" suddenly|strong="H6597" come|strong="H6635" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964". The|strong="H6440" messenger|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" covenant|strong="H1285" who|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" long|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3068" already|strong="H3528" coming|strong="H2009", says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" endure|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3526" coming|strong="H0935"? And|strong="H3117" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" stand|strong="H5975" firm|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" appears|strong="H7200"? He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" like|strong="H6884" a|strong="H3588" refiner’s|strong="H6884" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H3117" like|strong="H6884" a|strong="H3588" launderer’s soap|strong="H1287", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" refiner|strong="H6884" and|strong="H1121" purifier|strong="H2891". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" purify|strong="H2891" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", and|strong="H1121" refine|strong="H6884" them|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", until|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" fit|strong="H6257" to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5066" offerings|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" be|strong="H3068" pleasant|strong="H6149" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, as|strong="H3117" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" old|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3063" as|strong="H3117" in|strong="H8141" former|strong="H6931" years|strong="H8141". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{5}“I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" judgment|strong="H4941". I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" quick|strong="H4116" to|strong="H3068" testify|strong="H6030" against|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sorcerers|strong="H3784", adulterers|strong="H5003", perjurers, those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H3068" cheat|strong="H5791" workers|strong="H7916", or|strong="H3808" widows|strong="H0490", or|strong="H3808" orphans|strong="H3490", deny|strong="H3584" justice|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3068" immigrants|strong="H1616", and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" me|strong="H3372",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{6}“For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" change|strong="H8138"; and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ceased|strong="H3615" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Paying|strong="H1576" the|strong="H3588" Tithe|strong="H4643" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Paying|strong="H1576" the|strong="H3588" Tithe|strong="H4643" }
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{7}“From|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8104" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" aside|strong="H5493" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2706", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" them|strong="H7725". Turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3117",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. “You|strong="H3117" say|strong="H7725", ‘How|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" turn|strong="H7725"?’ 
\verseNumber{8}Can|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120" rob|strong="H6906" God|strong="H0430"? Yet|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" robbed|strong="H6906" me|strong="H3588". You|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H7592", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" robbed|strong="H6906" you|strong="H3588"?’ In|strong="H4643" tithes|strong="H4643" and|strong="H4643" gifts|strong="H8641"! 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3605" – your|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" – are|strong="H1471" all|strong="H3605" cursed|strong="H0779", because|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" rob|strong="H6906" me|strong="H3605". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{10}“Bring|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" tithe|strong="H4643" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" storehouse|strong="H0214", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" food|strong="H2964" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". Test|strong="H5254" me|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" way|strong="H2063". See|strong="H7200" if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" open|strong="H6605" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H2474" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3068" pour|strong="H8210" you|strong="H3605" out|strong="H7324" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293", until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" rebuke|strong="H1605" for|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" sakes|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3068" devouring|strong="H0398" locust|strong="H0697" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" your|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393", nor|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" vine|strong="H1612" fail|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" ripen its|strong="H7843" fruit|strong="H6529" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" field|strong="H7704", says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" you|strong="H3588" happy|strong="H0835", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" delightful|strong="H2656" land|strong="H0776",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Future|strong="H0319" Reward|strong="H7939" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Godless|strong="H2611" and|strong="H3068" Faithful|strong="H0539" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Future|strong="H0319" Reward|strong="H7939" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Godless|strong="H2611" and|strong="H3068" Faithful|strong="H0539" }
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{13}“You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" terrible|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921",” says|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. “You|strong="H5921" ask|strong="H7592", ‘What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" we|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" useless|strong="H1892" to|strong="H1980" serve|strong="H5647" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H5647" we|strong="H3588" gain|strong="H1215" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" by|strong="H3068" keeping|strong="H8104" his|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1980" walking|strong="H1980" mournfully|strong="H6941" in|strong="H1980" funeral garb before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"? 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H6213" call|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6213" proud|strong="H2086" happy|strong="H0835", evildoers|strong="H6213" thrive|strong="H6743": they|strong="H6213" dare|strong="H6148" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H6213" escape|strong="H4422" unharmed|strong="H7965".’” 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{16}Such|strong="H1696" things|strong="H3372" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3068" revered|strong="H3372" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" one|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7453", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} took|strong="H3947" notice|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" record|strong="H3789" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3068" revered|strong="H3372" the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3068" mind|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{17}“They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" mine|strong="H5375",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" hosts|strong="H6635", “my|strong="H3068" special|strong="H5459" possession|strong="H5459" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" preparing|strong="H6213". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" spare|strong="H2550" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" spares|strong="H2550" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" serves|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Once|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H6662" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" difference|strong="H0914" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H7200" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7563", between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" who|strong="H6662" serves|strong="H5647" God|strong="H3808" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" person|strong="H7200" who|strong="H6662" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808".” 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{4}“The|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H0369" coming|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H1961" furnace|strong="H3564", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" proud|strong="H1343" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" evildoers|strong="H7489" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" stubble|strong="H7179", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" coming|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" hosts|strong="H6635", “leaving|strong="H5800" neither|strong="H3808" root|strong="H8328" nor|strong="H3808" branch|strong="H6780". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" who|strong="H0834" revere|strong="H3372" my|strong="H8104" name|strong="H8034" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" arise|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" of|strong="H1121" righteousness|strong="H6666" with|strong="H5973" healing|strong="H4832" in|strong="H0935" its|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H3671", and|strong="H3967" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" free|strong="H2670" like|strong="H3644" calves|strong="H5695" let|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" stall|strong="H4770". 
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" act|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" tread|strong="H1869" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H7563", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" ashes|strong="H0665" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" soles|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272",” says|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\verseNumber{4}“Remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872" my|strong="H8104" servant|strong="H5650", statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3967" judgments|strong="H4941" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" at|strong="H3427" Horeb|strong="H2722" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H0413" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030", before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3967" terrible|strong="H3372" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} comes|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" fathers’|strong="H0001" hearts|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3967" sons’|strong="H1121" hearts|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3967" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" with|strong="H5973" judgement.” 
\BibleBookEnd
\end{document}
