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\BibleBook{The Book of Malachi}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Malachi }
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\chapterNumber{1}A|strong="H3068" revelation, Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:1  }“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.} word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3027" Malachi|strong="H4401". 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0251" loved|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3808",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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Yet|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0251" you|strong="H3808" loved|strong="H0157" us|strong="H0559"?” 
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“Wasn’t Esau|strong="H6215" Jacob’s|strong="H3290" brother|strong="H0251"?” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Yet|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" loved|strong="H0157" Jacob|strong="H3290"; 
\verseNumber{3}but Esau|strong="H6215" I|strong="H7760" hated|strong="H8130", and|strong="H2022" made|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" mountains|strong="H2022" a|strong="H7760" desolation|strong="H8077", and|strong="H2022" gave|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" heritage|strong="H5159" to|strong="H5159" the|strong="H0853" jackals of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057".” 
\verseNumber{4}Whereas Edom|strong="H0123" says|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H0834" beaten|strong="H7567" down|strong="H2040", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0559" waste|strong="H2723" places|strong="H2723",” Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635" says|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" shall|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" throw down|strong="H2040"; and|strong="H3068" men|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" them|strong="H1992" ‘The|strong="H0559" Wicked Land|strong="H1366",’ even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" against whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" shows wrath forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1431"—even|strong="H5921" beyond|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}“A|strong="H0518" son|strong="H1121" honors|strong="H3513" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H0518" servant|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113". If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H0518" father|strong="H0001", then|strong="H0853" where|strong="H0346" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513"? And|strong="H1121" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H0518" master|strong="H0113", where|strong="H0346" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" respect|strong="H4172" due me|strong="H0589"?” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" Armies|strong="H6635" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0518" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" despise|strong="H0959" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". “You|strong="H0518" say|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0001" we|strong="H0518" despised|strong="H0959" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"?’ 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H5921" offer polluted bread|strong="H3899" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196". You|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" we polluted you|strong="H5921"?’ In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979" is|strong="H3068" contemptible.’ 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0559" blind|strong="H5787" for|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2076", isn’t that|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451"? And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0559" lame|strong="H6455" and|strong="H3068" sick|strong="H2470", isn’t that|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451"? Present|strong="H7126" it|strong="H3588" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" governor|strong="H6346"! Will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H7521" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"? Or|strong="H0176" will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" accept|strong="H7521" your|strong="H3068" person|strong="H7126"?” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
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\verseNumber{9}“Now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" entreat|strong="H2470" the|strong="H0559" favor|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0410",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:9  }The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} that|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" gracious to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H4994". With|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063", will|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" accept any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440"?” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
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\verseNumber{10}“Oh|strong="H4310" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H0369" were|strong="H3027" one|strong="H0369" among|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3808" who|strong="H4310" would|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H0559" doors|strong="H1817", that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" might|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kindle|strong="H0215" fire|strong="H0215" on|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H3068" vain|strong="H2600"! I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" pleasure|strong="H2656" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635", “neither|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1571" accept|strong="H7521" an|strong="H0559" offering|strong="H4503" at|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" rising|strong="H4217" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" its|strong="H3605" going down|strong="H3588", 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" incense|strong="H6999" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H8034" offered|strong="H6999" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H3068" 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" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{12}“But|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" profane|strong="H2490" it|strong="H1931" when|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh’s table|strong="H7979" is|strong="H1931" polluted, and|strong="H0853" its|strong="H0853" fruit, even|strong="H0853" its|strong="H0853" food|strong="H0400", is|strong="H1931" contemptible.’ 
\verseNumber{13}You|strong="H0935" say|strong="H0559" also|strong="H3068", ‘Behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:13  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} what a|strong="H0935" weariness it|strong="H5301" is|strong="H3068"!’ And|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0935" have|strong="H3068" sniffed at|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5301"”, says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635"; “and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0935" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H6635" was|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H1497" by|strong="H3027" violence, the|strong="H0853" lame|strong="H6455", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" sick|strong="H2470"; thus you|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" offering|strong="H4503". Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" accept|strong="H7521" this|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"?” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{14}“But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" deceiver is|strong="H3068" cursed|strong="H0779" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" flock|strong="H5739" a|strong="H3588" male|strong="H2145", and|strong="H3068" vows|strong="H5087" and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:14  }The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”} a|strong="H3588" defective thing|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" King|strong="H4428",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" Armies|strong="H6635", “and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" awesome|strong="H3372" among|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0559" nations|strong="H1471".” 
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\chapterNumber{2}“Now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H0413" priests|strong="H3548", this|strong="H2063" commandment|strong="H4687" is|strong="H4687" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635", “then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" curse|strong="H0779" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H0779" your|strong="H3068" blessings|strong="H1293". Indeed|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" cursed|strong="H0779" them|strong="H5414" already, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{3}Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" rebuke|strong="H1605" your|strong="H5921" offspring|strong="H2233",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:3  }or, seed} and|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2233" spread|strong="H2219" dung|strong="H6569" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" faces|strong="H6440", even|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" dung|strong="H6569" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5921" feasts|strong="H2282"; and|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2233" be|strong="H5375" taken|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" with|strong="H0413" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" commandment|strong="H4687" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" Levi|strong="H3878",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{5}“My|strong="H5414" covenant|strong="H1285" was|strong="H8034" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5414" of|strong="H6440" life|strong="H2416" and|strong="H6440" peace|strong="H7965"; and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H4172" be|strong="H1961" reverent toward|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" reverent toward|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H2865" in|strong="H8034" awe|strong="H2865" of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H7725" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H6310" truth|strong="H0571" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7725" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H1980" unrighteousness|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="H0854" 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" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3588" law|strong="H8451" at|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" mouth|strong="H6310"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" path|strong="H1870". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" caused many|strong="H7227" to|strong="H0559" stumble|strong="H3782" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" law|strong="H8451". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" corrupted|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0559" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{9}“Therefore|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" contemptible and|strong="H1870" wicked before|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", according|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" kept|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", but|strong="H0369" have|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" respect|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3605" persons in|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{10}Don’t|strong="H3808" we|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" have|strong="H0001" one|strong="H0259" father|strong="H0001"? Hasn’t|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" God|strong="H0410" created|strong="H1254" us? Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" deal|strong="H0898" treacherously|strong="H0898" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" against|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251", profaning|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H0376" our|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001"? 
\verseNumber{11}Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" dealt|strong="H0898" treacherously|strong="H0898", and|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3588" abomination|strong="H8441" is|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; for|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" profaned|strong="H2490" the|strong="H0834" holiness|strong="H6944" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" loves|strong="H0157", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" married|strong="H1166" the|strong="H0834" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" foreign|strong="H5236" god|strong="H0410". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213" this|strong="H0834", him|strong="H3772" who|strong="H0834" wakes and|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3772" who|strong="H0834" answers|strong="H6030", out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" tents|strong="H0168" of|strong="H0376" Jacob|strong="H3290" and|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3772" who|strong="H0834" offers an|strong="H3772" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0376" Armies|strong="H6635". 
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\verseNumber{13}“This|strong="H2063" again|strong="H5750" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213": you|strong="H6213" cover|strong="H3680" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H0413" tears|strong="H1832", with|strong="H0413" weeping|strong="H1065", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" sighing, because|strong="H0413" he|strong="H6213" doesn’t regard|strong="H6437" the|strong="H0853" offering|strong="H4503" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750", neither|strong="H0369" receives|strong="H3947" it|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0413" good|strong="H7522" will|strong="H3068" at|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{14}Yet|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100"?’ Because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H0834" witness between|strong="H0996" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" youth|strong="H5271", against|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" dealt|strong="H0898" treacherously|strong="H0898", though|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" companion|strong="H2278" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285". 
\verseNumber{15}Did|strong="H6213" he|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" one|strong="H0259", although|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" the|strong="H8104" residue of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H8104" Spirit|strong="H7307"? Why|strong="H4100" one|strong="H0259"? He|strong="H0430" sought|strong="H1245" godly|strong="H0430" offspring|strong="H2233". Therefore take|strong="H8104" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H8104" your|strong="H8104" spirit|strong="H7307", and|strong="H0430" let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" deal|strong="H0898" treacherously|strong="H0898" against|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H8104" youth|strong="H5271". 
\verseNumber{16}One|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3068" hates|strong="H8130" and|strong="H3068" divorces|strong="H7971"”, says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", “covers|strong="H3680" his|strong="H8104" garment|strong="H3830" with|strong="H3068" violence|strong="H2555"!” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" Armies|strong="H6635". “Therefore|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H8104" attention|strong="H8104" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" spirit|strong="H7307", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" unfaithful. 
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\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5869" wearied|strong="H3021" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697". Yet|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5869" we|strong="H3605" wearied|strong="H3021" him|strong="H3605"?’ In|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" say|strong="H0559", ‘Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" delights|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0430" them|strong="H6213";’ or|strong="H0176" ‘Where|strong="H0346" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" justice|strong="H4941"?’ 
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\chapterNumber{3}“Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" messenger|strong="H4397", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H6437" the|strong="H0559" way|strong="H1870" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413"! The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" seek|strong="H1245", will|strong="H3068" suddenly|strong="H6597" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964". Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" covenant|strong="H1285", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" desire|strong="H1245", is|strong="H0834" coming|strong="H0935"!” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{2}“But|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" endure|strong="H3557" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3526" coming|strong="H0935"? And|strong="H0935" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" stand|strong="H5975" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" appears|strong="H7200"? For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" like|strong="H0784" a|strong="H3588" refiner’s|strong="H6884" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H0935" like|strong="H0784" launderers’ soap|strong="H1287"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" refiner and|strong="H1121" purifier|strong="H2891" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" purify|strong="H2891" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878", and|strong="H1121" refine|strong="H6884" them|strong="H0853" as|strong="H1961" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H1121" offer to|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H4503" in|strong="H3427" righteousness|strong="H6666". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" pleasant|strong="H6149" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" old|strong="H5769" and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" ancient|strong="H5769" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" judgment|strong="H4941". I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" swift|strong="H4116" witness|strong="H5707" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" sorcerers|strong="H3784", against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" adulterers|strong="H5003", against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" perjurers, and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H0413" those|strong="H7126" who|strong="H3068" oppress|strong="H6231" the|strong="H0559" hireling in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" wages|strong="H7939", the|strong="H0559" widow|strong="H0490", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" fatherless|strong="H3490", and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" deprive|strong="H5186" the|strong="H0559" foreigner|strong="H1616" of|strong="H3068" justice|strong="H4941", and|strong="H3068" don’t|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" me|strong="H0413",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
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\verseNumber{6}“For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589", Yahweh|strong="H3068", don’t|strong="H3808" change; therefore|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859", sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" consumed|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{7}From|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H0001" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8104" ordinances and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0001" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" them|strong="H0413". Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3117",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". “But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" say|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" return|strong="H7725"?’ 
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\verseNumber{8}Will|strong="H0430" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120" rob|strong="H6906" God|strong="H0430"? Yet|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" rob|strong="H6906" me|strong="H0859"! But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0859" we|strong="H3588" robbed|strong="H6906" you|strong="H0859"?’ In|strong="H0430" tithes|strong="H4643" and|strong="H0430" offerings|strong="H8641". 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1471" cursed|strong="H0779" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" curse|strong="H0779"; for|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" rob|strong="H6906" me|strong="H0859", even|strong="H0853" this|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{10}Bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" tithe|strong="H4643" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" storehouse|strong="H0214", that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" food|strong="H2964" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" test|strong="H0974" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H4994" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" Armies|strong="H6635", “if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" open|strong="H6605" you|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H0699" of|strong="H1004" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H0935" pour you|strong="H0518" out|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" blessing|strong="H1293", that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H1767" room|strong="H1004" for|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" rebuke|strong="H1605" the|strong="H0853" devourer|strong="H0398" for|strong="H6635" your|strong="H3068" sakes, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0853" fruits|strong="H6529" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ground|strong="H0127"; neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" vine|strong="H1612" cast|strong="H7921" its|strong="H0853" fruit|strong="H6529" before|strong="H3808" its|strong="H0853" time in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Armies|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{12}“All|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" shall|strong="H3068" call|strong="H0833" you|strong="H0859" blessed|strong="H0833", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" delightful|strong="H2656" land|strong="H0776",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0776" Armies|strong="H6635". 
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\verseNumber{13}“Your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" been|strong="H2388" harsh against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921",” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". “Yet|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" we|strong="H1697" spoken|strong="H1696" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" vain|strong="H7723" to|strong="H0559" serve|strong="H5647" God|strong="H0430",’ and|strong="H1980" ‘What|strong="H4100" profit|strong="H1215" is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" followed|strong="H1980" his|strong="H8104" instructions|strong="H8104" and|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" walked|strong="H1980" mournfully before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" Armies|strong="H6635"? 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H6258" we|strong="H0587" call|strong="H0833" the|strong="H1129" proud|strong="H2086" happy|strong="H0833"; yes|strong="H1571", those who|strong="H0430" work wickedness|strong="H7564" are|strong="H0430" built|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129"; yes|strong="H1571", they|strong="H1571" tempt God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" escape|strong="H4422".’ 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0227" those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" feared|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" one|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0854" another|strong="H7453"; and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" and|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H8085" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H0376" memory|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3068" those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" feared|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0376" honored his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" mine,” says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" Armies|strong="H6635", “my|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" possession|strong="H5459" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" make|strong="H6213". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" spare|strong="H2550" them|strong="H0853", as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" spares|strong="H2550" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" serves|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H0430" discern|strong="H7200" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0834" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" wicked|strong="H7563", between|strong="H0996" him|strong="H7200" who|strong="H0834" serves|strong="H5647" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H0430" him|strong="H7200" who|strong="H0834" doesn’t|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H7200". 
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\chapterNumber{4}“For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 
\verseNumber{2}But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall. 
\verseNumber{3}You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies. 
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\verseNumber{4}“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. 
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\verseNumber{5}Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. 
\verseNumber{6}He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” 
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