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{\MTB THE BOOK OF
\par }{\MT MALACHI

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
the
word
of
Jehovah
to
Israel
by
Malachi.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}I
have
loved
you,
saith
Jehovah.
Yet
ye
say,
Wherein
hast
thou
loved
us?
Was
not
Esau
Jacob’s
brother?
saith
Jehovah:
yet
I
loved
Jacob;
\VS{3}but
Esau
I
hated,
and
made
his
mountains
a
desolation,
and
{\ADD{
gave}}
his
heritage
to
the
jackals
of
the
wilderness.
\VS{4}Whereas
Edom
saith,
We
are
beaten
down,
but
we
will
return
and
build
the
waste
places;
thus
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
They
shall
build,
but
I
will
throw
down;
and
men
shall
call
them
The
border
of
wickedness,
and
The
people
against
whom
Jehovah
hath
indignation
for
ever.
\VS{5}And
your
eyes
shall
see,
and
ye
shall
say,
Jehovah
be
magnified
beyond
the
border
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}A
son honoreth
his
father,
and
a
servant
his
master:
if
then
I
am
a
father,
where
is
mine
honor?
and
if
I
am
a
master,
where
is
my
fear?
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts
unto
you,
O
priests,
that
despise
my
name.
And
ye
say,
Wherein
have
we
despised
thy
name?
\VS{7}Ye
offer
polluted
bread
upon
mine
altar.
And
ye
say,
Wherein
have
we
polluted
thee?
In
that
ye
say,
The
table
of
Jehovah
is
contemptible.
\VS{8}And
when
ye
offer
the
blind
for
sacrifice,
it
is
no
evil!
and
when
ye
offer
the
lame
and
sick,
it
is
no
evil!
Present
it
now
unto
thy
governor;
will
he
be
pleased
with
thee?
or
will
he
accept
thy
person?
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{9}And
now,
I
pray
you,
entreat
the
favor
of
God,
that
he
may
be
gracious
unto
us:
this
hath
been
by
your
means:
will
he
accept
any
of
your
persons?
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{10}Oh
that
there
were
one
among
you
that
would
shut
the
doors,
that
ye
might
not
kindle
{\ADD{
fire
on}}
mine
altar
in
vain!
I
have
no
pleasure
in
you,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
neither
will
I
accept
an
offering
at
your
hand.
\VS{11}For
from
the
rising
of
the
sun
even
unto
the
going
down
of
the
same
my
name
{\ADD{
shall
be}}
great
among
the
Gentiles;
and
in
every
place
incense
{\ADD{
shall
be}}
offered
unto
my
name,
and
a
pure
offering:
for
my
name
{\ADD{
shall
be}}
great
among
the
Gentiles,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{12}But
ye
profane
it,
in
that
ye
say,
The
table
of
Jehovah
is
polluted,
and
the
fruit
thereof,
even
its
food,
is
contemptible.
\VS{13}Ye
say
also,
Behold,
what
a
weariness
is
it!
and
ye
have
snuffed
at
it,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts;
and
ye
have
brought
that
which
was
taken
by
violence,
and
the
lame,
and
the
sick;
thus
ye
bring
the
offering:
should
I
accept
this
at
your
hand?
saith
Jehovah.
\VS{14}But
cursed
be
the
deceiver,
who
hath
in
his
flock
a
male,
and
voweth,
and
sacrificeth
unto
the
Lord
a
blemished
thing;
for
I
am
a
great
King,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
and
my
name
is
terrible
among
the
Gentiles.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
now,
O
ye
priests,
this
commandment
is
for
you.
\VS{2}If
ye
will
not
hear,
and
if
ye
will
not
lay
it
to
heart,
to
give
glory
unto
my
name,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
then
will
I
send
the
curse
upon
you,
and
I
will
curse
your
blessings;
yea,
I
have
cursed
them
already,
because
ye
do
not
lay
it
to
heart.
\VS{3}Behold,
I
will
rebuke
your
seed,
and
will
spread
dung
upon
your
faces,
even
the
dung
of
your
feasts;
and
ye
shall
be
taken
away
with
it.
\VS{4}And
ye
shall
know
that
I
have
sent
this
commandment
unto
you,
that
my
covenant
may
be
with
Levi,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{5}My
covenant
was
with
him
of
life
and
peace;
and
I
gave
them
to
him
that
he
might
fear;
and
he
feared
me,
and
stood
in
awe
of
my
name.
\VS{6}The
law
of
truth
was
in
his
mouth,
and
unrighteousness
was
not
found
in
his
lips:
he
walked
with
me
in
peace
and
uprightness,
and
turned
many
away
from
iniquity.
\VS{7}For
the
priest’s
lips
should
keep
knowledge,
and
they
should
seek
the
law
at
his
mouth;
for
he
is
the
messenger
of
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{8}But
ye
are
turned
aside
out
of
the
way;
ye
have
caused
many
to
stumble
in
the
law;
ye
have
corrupted
the
covenant
of
Levi,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{9}Therefore
have
I
also
made
you
contemptible
and
base
before
all
the
people,
according
as
ye
have
not
kept
my
ways,
but
have
had
respect
of
persons
in
the
law.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Have
we
not
all
one
father?
hath
not
one
God
created
us?
why
do
we
deal
treacherously
every
man
against
his
brother,
profaning
the
covenant
of
our
fathers?
\VS{11}Judah
hath
dealt
treacherously,
and
an
abomination
is
committed
in
Israel
and
in
Jerusalem;
for
Judah
hath
profaned
the
holiness
of
Jehovah
which
he
loveth,
and
hath
married
the
daughter
of
a
foreign
god.
\VS{12}Jehovah
will
cut
off,
to
the
man
that
doeth
this,
him
that
waketh
and
him
that
answereth,
out
of
the
tents
of
Jacob,
and
him
that
offereth
an
offering
unto
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{13}And
this
again
ye
do:
ye
cover
the
altar
of
Jehovah
with
tears,
with
weeping,
and
with
sighing, insomuch
that
he
regardeth
not
the
offering
any
more,
neither
receiveth
it
with
good
will
at
your
hand.
\VS{14}Yet
ye
say,
Wherefore?
Because
Jehovah
hath
been
witness
between
thee
and
the
wife
of
thy
youth,
against
whom
thou
hast
dealt
treacherously,
though
she
is
thy
companion,
and
the
wife
of
thy
covenant.
\VS{15}And
did
he
not
make
one,
although
he
had
the
residue
of
the
Spirit?
And
wherefore
one?
He
sought
a
godly
seed.
Therefore
take
heed
to
your
spirit,
and
let
none
deal
treacherously
against
the
wife
of
his
youth.
\VS{16}For
I
hate
putting
away,
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
him
that
covereth
his
garment
with
violence,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts:
therefore
take
heed
to
your
spirit,
that
ye
deal
not
treacherously.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Ye
have
wearied
Jehovah
with
your
words.
Yet
ye
say,
Wherein
have
we
wearied
him?
In
that
ye
say,
Every
one
that
doeth
evil
is
good
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
he
delighteth
in
them;
or
where
is
the
God
of
justice?

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Behold,
I
send
my
messenger,
and
he
shall
prepare
the
way
before
me:
and
the
Lord,
whom
ye
seek,
will
suddenly
come
to
his
temple;
and
the
messenger
of
the
covenant,
whom
ye
desire,
behold,
he
cometh,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{2}But
who
can
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:
\VS{3}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
unto
Jehovah
offerings
in
righteousness.
\VS{4}Then
shall
the
offering
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
be
pleasant
unto
Jehovah,
as
in
the
days
of
old,
and
as
in
ancient
years.
\VS{5}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
the
false
swearers,
and
against
those
that
oppress
the
hireling
in
his
wages,
the
widow,
and
the
fatherless,
and
that
turn
aside
the
sojourner
{\ADD{
from
his
right}},
and
fear
not
me,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{6}For
I,
Jehovah,
change
not;
therefore
ye,
O
sons
of
Jacob,
are
not
consumed.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}From
the
days
of
your
fathers
ye
have
turned
aside
from
mine
ordinances,
and
have
not
kept
them.
Return
unto
me,
and
I
will
return
unto
you,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
But
ye
say,
Wherein
shall
we
return?
\VS{8}Will
a
man
rob
God?
yet
ye
rob
me.
But
ye
say,
Wherein
have
we
robbed
thee?
In
tithes
and
offerings.
\VS{9}Ye
are
cursed
with
the
curse;
for
ye
rob
me,
even
this
whole
nation.
\VS{10}Bring
ye
the
whole
tithe
into
the store-house,
that
there
may
be
food
in
my
house,
and
prove
me
now
herewith,
saith
Jehovah
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
{\ADD{
to
receive
it}}.
\VS{11}And
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
the
time
in
the
field,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{12}And
all
nations
shall
call
you
happy;
for
ye
shall
be
a
delightsome
land,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Your
words
have
been
stout
against
me,
saith
Jehovah.
Yet
ye
say,
What
have
we
spoken
against
thee?
\VS{14}Ye
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
Jehovah
of
hosts?
\VS{15}and
now
we
call
the
proud
happy;
yea,
they
that
work
wickedness
are
built
up;
yea,
they
tempt
God,
and
escape.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
they
that
feared
Jehovah
spake
one
with
another;
and
Jehovah
hearkened,
and
heard,
and
a
book
of
remembrance
was
written
before
him,
for
them
that
feared
Jehovah,
and
that
thought
upon
his
name.
\VS{17}And
they
shall
be
mine,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
{\ADD{
even}}
mine
own
possession,
in
the
day
that
I
make;
and
I
will
spare
them,
as
a
man
spareth
his
own
son
that
serveth
him.
\VS{18}Then
shall
ye
return
and
discern
between
the
righteous
and
the
wicked,
between
him
that
serveth
God
and
him
that
serveth
him
not.

\Chap{4}\VerseOne{1}For,
behold,
the
day
cometh,
it
burneth
as
a
furnace;
and
all
the
proud,
and
all
that
work
wickedness,
shall
be
stubble;
and
the
day
that
cometh
shall
burn
them
up,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
that
it
shall
leave
them
neither
root
nor
branch.
\VS{2}But
unto
you
that
fear
my
name
shall
the
sun
of
righteousness
arise
with
healing
in
its
wings;
and
ye
shall
go
forth,
and gambol
as
calves
of
the
stall.
\VS{3}And
ye
shall
tread
down
the
wicked;
for
they
shall
be
ashes
under
the
soles
of
your
feet
in
the
day
that
I
make,
saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Remember
ye
the
law
of
Moses
my
servant,
which
I
commanded
unto
him
in
Horeb
for
all
Israel,
even
statutes
and
ordinances.
\VS{5}Behold,
I
will
send
you
Elijah
the
prophet
before
the
great
and
terrible
day
of
Jehovah
come.
\VS{6}And
he
shall
turn
the
heart
of
the
fathers
to
the
children,
and
the
heart
of
the
children
to
their
fathers;
lest
I
come
and
smite
the
earth
with
a
curse.
\par }