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MAL - Literal Standard Version

1 The burden of a word of YHWH to Israel by the hand of Malachi: 2 “I have loved you, said YHWH,
And you have said,
In what have You loved us? 3 Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” A declaration of YHWH,
“And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated,
And I make his mountains a desolation,
And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness. 4 Because Edom says, We have been made poor,
And we return and we build the ruins,
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: They build, and I destroy,
And [men] have called to them,
O region of wickedness,
O people whom YHWH defied for all time. 5 And your eyes see, and you say,
YHWH is magnified beyond the border of Israel, 6 A son honors a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] My glory? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said YHWH of Hosts to you,
O priests, despising My Name! And you have said, In what have we despised Your Name? 7 You are bringing defiled bread near on My altar,
And you have said, In what have we defiled You? In your saying, The table of YHWH—it [is] despicable, 8 And when you bring the blind near for sacrifice, [saying],
There is no evil,
And when you bring the lame and sick near, [saying],
There is no evil; Now bring it near to your governor—Does he accept you? Or does he lift up your face?” said YHWH of Hosts. 9 “And now, please appease the face of God,
And He favors us; This has been from your own hand,
Does He accept your faces?” said YHWH of Hosts. 10 “Who [is] even among you,
And he shuts the double doors? Indeed, you do not kindle My altar for nothing,
I have no pleasure in you,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“And I do not accept a present of your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun to its going in,
Great [is] My Name among nations,
And in every place incense is brought near for My Name, and a pure present,
For great [is] My Name among nations,” said YHWH of Hosts. 12 “And you are defiling it in your saying,
The table of YHWH—it is defiled,
As for its fruit—its food is despicable. 13 And you have said, Behold, what a weariness,
And you have puffed at it,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“And you have brought in plunder,
And the lame and the sick,
And you have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand?” said YHWH. 14 “And a deceiver [is] cursed, who has in his drove a male,
And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord,
For I [am] a great King,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“And My Name [is] revered among nations!”

2 “And now, to you [is] this charge, O priests, 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not lay [it] to heart,
To give glory to My Name,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“I have sent the curse against you,
And I have cursed your blessings,
Indeed, I have also cursed it,
Because you are not laying [it] to heart. 3 Behold, I am pushing away the seed before you,
And have scattered dung before your faces,
Dung of your festivals,
And it has taken you away with it. 4 And you have known that I have sent this charge to you,
For My covenant being with Levi,” said YHWH of Hosts. 5 “My covenant has been of life and of peace with him,
And I make them a fear to him, and he fears Me,
And because of My Name he has been frightened. 6 The law of truth has been in his mouth,
And perverseness has not been found in his lips,
In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me,
And he brought back many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge,
And they seek law from his mouth,
For he [is] a messenger of YHWH of Hosts. 8 And you, you have turned from the way,
You have caused many to stumble in the Law,
You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” said YHWH of Hosts. 9 “And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people,
Because you are not keeping My ways,
And are accepting by superficial things in the Law.” 10 Have we not all one Father? Has not our God created us? Why do we deal treacherously,
Each against his brother,
To defile the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
And abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has defiled the holy thing of YHWH that He has loved,
And has married the daughter of a strange god. 12 YHWH cuts off the man who does it,
Tempter and tempted—from the tents of Jacob,
Even he who is bringing a present near to YHWH of Hosts. 13 And you do this a second time,
Covering the altar of YHWH with tears,
With weeping and groaning,
Because there is no more turning to the present,
Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. 14 And you have said, “Why?” Because YHWH has testified between you
And the wife of your youth,
That you have dealt treacherously against her,
And she [is] your companion, and your covenant-wife. 15 And He did not make one [only],
And a remnant of the Spirit [is] for him. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And you have been watchful over your spirit,
And with the wife of your youth,
None deal treacherously. 16 “For He hates sending away,” said YHWH, God of Israel,
“And he [who] has covered violence with his clothing,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“And you have been watchful over your spirit,
And you do not deal treacherously.” 17 You have wearied YHWH with your words,
And you have said, “In what have we wearied Him?” In your saying, “Every evildoer [is] good in the eyes of YHWH,
And He is delighting in them,”
Or, “Where [is] the God of judgment?”

3 “Behold, I am sending My messenger,
And he has prepared a way before Me,
And suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking comes into His temple,
Even the Messenger of the Covenant,
Whom you are desiring,
Behold, He is coming,” said YHWH of Hosts. 2 “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. 3 And He has sat, a refiner and purifier of silver,
And He has purified the sons of Levi,
And has refined them as gold and as silver,
And they have been bringing a present near to YHWH in righteousness. 4 And the present of Judah and Jerusalem has been sweet to YHWH,
As in days of old, and as in former years. 5 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 a hired worker,
Of a widow, and of a fatherless one,
And those turning aside a sojourner,
And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH of Hosts. 6 “For I, YHWH, have not changed,
And you, the sons of Jacob,
You have not been consumed. 7 Even from the days of your fathers You have turned aside from My statutes,
And you have not taken heed. Return to Me, and I return to you,” said YHWH of Hosts. “And you have said,
In what do we turn back? 8 Does man deceive God? But you are deceiving Me,
And you have said,
In what have we deceived You? The tithe and the raised-offering! 9 You are cursed with a curse! And you are deceiving Me—this nation—all of it. 10 Bring in all the tithe to the treasure-house,
And there is food in My house; When you have tried Me, now, with this,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“Do I not open the windows of the heavens to you? Indeed, I have emptied on you a blessing until there is no space. 11 And I have pushed against the consumer for you,
And He does not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor does the vine in the field miscarry to you,” said YHWH of Hosts. 12 “And all the nations have declared you blessed,
For you are a delightful land,” said YHWH of Hosts. 13 “Your words have been hard against Me,” said YHWH,
“And you have said, What have we spoken against You? 14 You 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 YHWH of Hosts? 15 And now, we are declaring the proud blessed,
Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up,
Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape. 16 Then have those fearing YHWH spoken to one another,
And YHWH attends and hears,
And a scroll of memorial is written before Him
Of those fearing YHWH,
And of those esteeming His Name. 17 And they have been to Me,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure,
And I have had pity on them,
As one has pity on his son who is serving him. 18 And you have turned back and considered,
Between the righteous and the wicked,
Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”

4 “For behold, the day has come, burning as a furnace,
When all the proud and all those doing wickedness have been stubble,
And the day that came has burned them,” said YHWH of Hosts,
“That there is not left to them root or branch, 2 But for you fearing My Name,
The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings,
And you have gone forth,
And have bounded as calves of a stall. 3 And you have trodden down the wicked,
For they are ashes under the soles of your feet,
In the day that I am appointing,” said YHWH of Hosts. 4 “Remember the Law of My servant Moses,
That I commanded him in Horeb,
For all Israel—statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I am sending Elijah the prophet to you,
Before the coming of the great and fearful Day of YHWH. 6 And he has turned back the heart of fathers to sons,
And the heart of sons to their fathers,
Before I come and have utterly struck the land!”