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\par }{\MT Malachi

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
the
word
of
Jehovah
to
Israel
by
Malachi.
\VS{2}I
have
loved
you, saith
Jehovah;
but ye
say, Wherein hast thou
loved
us?
Was
not
Esau Jacob's
brother? saith
Jehovah,
and
I
loved
Jacob,
\VS{3}and
I
hated
Esau;
and
made
his
mountains
a
desolation,
and [gave]
his
inheritance
to
the jackals
of
the
wilderness.
\VS{4}If
Edom
say,
We
are
broken
down,
but
we
will
build
again
the
ruined
places, —
thus saith
Jehovah
of
hosts:
They
shall
build,
but
I
will throw
down;
and [men]
shall
call
them
the
territory
of
wickedness,
and
the
people against
whom
Jehovah hath
indignation
for
ever.
\VS{5}And
your
eyes
shall
see [it],
and ye
shall
say,
Jehovah
is
magnified
beyond
the
border
of
Israel.
\VS{6}A
son honoureth [his]
father,
and
a
servant
his
master:
if
then
I
be
a
father,
where
is mine honour?
and
if
I
be
a
master,
where
is
my
fear? saith
Jehovah
of
hosts unto
you,
priests,
that
despise
my
name.
But 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
if ye
offer
the
blind
for
sacrifice,
is
it
not
evil?
And
if ye
offer
the
lame
and
sick,
is
it
not
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,
beseech
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El|strong="H0410"}God
that
he
will
be gracious unto
us.
This hath
been
of
your
hand:
will
he accept
any
of
your persons? saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{10}Who
is
there
among
you
that
would
even
shut
the
doors?
and ye
would
not
kindle [fire]
on mine
altar
for
nothing.
I
have
no
delight
in
you, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
neither
will
I
accept
an oblation
at
your
hand.
\VS{11}For
from
the
rising
of
the
sun
even unto
its
setting
my
name
shall
be
great
among
the
nations;
and
in
every
place
incense
shall
be
offered unto
my
name,
and
a
pure oblation:
for
my
name
shall
be
great
among
the
nations, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{12}But ye
profane
it,
in
that ye
say,
The
table
of
the
Lord
is polluted;
and
the fruit thereof,
his
food,
is contemptible.
\VS{13}And ye
say,
Behold, what
a weariness!
And ye
have puffed
at
it, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
and ye
bring [that
which
was]
torn,
and
the
lame,
and
the
sick; thus ye
bring
the oblation:
should
I
accept
this
of
your
hand? saith
Jehovah.
\VS{14}Yea,
cursed
be
the deceiver,
who hath
in
his
flock
a
male,
and voweth
and sacrificeth unto
the
Lord
a
corrupt
thing;
for
I
am
a
great
King, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
and
my
name
is terrible
among
the
nations.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
now, ye
priests,
this
commandment
is
for
you.
\VS{2}If ye
do
not
hear,
and
if ye
do
not
lay [it]
to
heart,
to
give
glory unto
my
name, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
I
will
even
send
the
curse
among
you,
and
I
will
curse
your
blessings:
yea,
I
have already
cursed
them,
because ye
do
not
lay [it]
to
heart.
\VS{3}Behold,
I
will
rebuke
your
seed,
and
spread
dung
upon
your
faces,
the
dung
of
your
feasts;
and
they
shall
take
you
away
with
it.
\VS{4}And ye
shall
know
that
I
have
sent
this
commandment unto
you,
that
my
covenant
might
be
with
Levi, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{5}My
covenant
with
him
was
of
life
and
peace,
and
I
gave
them
to
him
that
he
might
fear;
and
he
feared
me,
and trembled
before
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
he
turned
many
from
iniquity.
\VS{7}For
the priest's
lips
should
keep
knowledge,
and
at
his
mouth
they
seek
the
law;
for
he
is
the
messenger
of
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{8}But ye
are
departed
out
of
the
way; ye
have caused
many
to
stumble
at
the
law; ye
have
corrupted
the
covenant
of
Levi, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{9}And
I
also
have
made
you contemptible
and base
before
all
the
people,
because ye
have
not
kept
my
ways,
but
have
respect
of persons
in [administering]
the
law.
\VS{10}Have
we
not
all
one
father? Hath
not
one
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El|strong="H0410"}God
created us?
Why
do
we
deal unfaithfully
every
man
against
his
brother,
by
profaning
the
covenant
of
our
fathers?
\VS{11}Judah hath
dealt unfaithfully,
and
an
abomination
is
committed
in
Israel
and
in
Jerusalem;
for
Judah hath
profaned
the
sanctuary
of
Jehovah
which
he
loved,
and hath
married
the
daughter
of
a
strange
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El|strong="H0410"}god.
\VS{12}Jehovah
will
cut
off
from
the
tents
of
Jacob
the
man
that doeth
this,
him
that calleth
and
him
that answereth;
and
him
that offereth
an oblation unto
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{13}And
further ye
do
this: ye
cover
the
altar
of
Jehovah
with
tears,
with
weeping,
and
with sighing, insomuch
that
he regardeth
not
the oblation
any
more,
nor receiveth [it]
with satisfaction
at
your
hand.
\VS{14}Yet ye
say, Wherefore?
Because
Jehovah hath
been
a witness
between thee
and
the
wife
of thy
youth,
against
whom thou hast
dealt unfaithfully:
yet
is
she thy
companion,
and
the
wife
of thy
covenant.
\VS{15}And
did
not
one
make [them]?
and
the
remnant
of
the
Spirit
was
his.
And wherefore
the
one?
He
sought
a
seed
of
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Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
Take
heed
then
to
your
spirit,
and
let
none
deal unfaithfully
against
the
wife
of
his
youth,
\VS{16}(for
I
hate
putting
away, saith
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:16 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel;)
and
he covereth
with
violence
his
garment, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts:
take
heed
then
to
your
spirit,
that ye
deal
not unfaithfully.
\VS{17}Ye
have
wearied
Jehovah
with
your
words,
and 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
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
judgment?

\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
Angel
of
the
covenant,
whom ye
delight
in:
behold,
he cometh, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{2}But
who
shall
endure
the
day
of
his
coming?
and
who
shall
stand
when
he appeareth?
For
he
will
be
like
a refiner's
fire,
and
like fullers' lye.
\VS{3}And
he
shall
sit [as]
a refiner
and
purifier
of
silver;
and
he
will
purify
the
children
of
Levi,
and
purge
them
as
gold
and
silver;
and
they
shall offer unto
Jehovah
an oblation
in
righteousness.
\VS{4}Then
shall
the oblation
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
be
pleasant unto
Jehovah,
as
in
the
days
of
old,
and
as
in
former
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
hired
servant
in [his]
wages,
the
widow
and
the
fatherless,
and
that
turn
aside
the
stranger [from
his
right],
and
fear
not
me, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{6}For
I
Jehovah change
not,
and ye,
sons
of
Jacob,
are
not
consumed.
\VS{7}Since
the
days
of
your
fathers
have ye
departed
from
my
statutes,
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
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God?
But ye
rob
me.
And ye
say, Wherein
do
we
rob thee? [In]
tithes
and heave-offerings.
\VS{9}Ye
are
cursed
with
a
curse;
and
me ye
rob, [even]
this
whole
nation.
\VS{10}Bring
the
whole
tithe
into
the treasure-house,
that
there
may
be
food
in
my
house,
and prove
me
now herewith, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
if
I
open
not
to
you
the
windows
of
the
heavens,
and pour
you
out
a
blessing,
till
there
be
no
place
for
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
blessed;
for ye
shall
be
a delightsome
land, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{13}Your
words
have
been stout
against
me, saith
Jehovah;
but ye
say,
What
have
we
been
speaking
against thee?
\VS{14}Ye
say,
It
is
vain
to
serve
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
what
profit
is
it
that
we
keep
his
charge,
and
that
we
walk mournfully
before
Jehovah
of
hosts?
\VS{15}And
now
we hold
the
proud
for
happy; yea,
they
that work
wickedness
are
built
up; yea,
they tempt
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:15 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
they
escape.
\VS{16}Then
they
that
feared
Jehovah
spoke often
one
to
another;
and
Jehovah observed [it],
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 unto
me
a peculiar
treasure, saith
Jehovah
of
hosts,
in
the
day
that
I
prepare;
and
I
will
spare
them
as
a
man spareth
his
own
son
that serveth
him.
\VS{18}And ye
shall
return
and
discern
between
the
righteous
and
the
wicked,
between
him
that serveth
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
him
that serveth
him
not.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For behold, the day cometh, burning 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, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
\VS{2}And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
\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 prepare, saith Jehovah of hosts.
\VS{4}Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and ordinances.
\VS{5}Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.
\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 }