Malachi · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Malachi 3 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Malachi 3 in LXXUP = Malachi 3 and Malachi 4 in WEB.
1 Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom ye take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty.
1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.
2 And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.
2 “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
3 He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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 to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
4 And the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years.
4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years.
5 And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling’s wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
5 I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
6 For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed:
6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 but ye, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: ye have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord Almighty. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 Will a man insult God? for ye insult me. But ye say, Wherein have we insulted thee? In that the tithes and firstfruits are with you [still].
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 And ye do surely look off from me, and ye insult me.
9 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
10 The year is completed, and ye have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, saith the Lord Almighty, [see] if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until ye are satisfied.
10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.
11 And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.
11 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 its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a desirable land, saith the Lord Almighty.
12 “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
13 Ye have spoken grievous words against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
13 “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
14 Ye said, He that serves God labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?
14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
15 And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and [yet] have been delivered.
15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
16 Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.
16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
17 They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not.
18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
19 For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.
4:1 “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.
20 But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing [shall be] in his wings: and ye shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.
4:2 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.
21 And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.
4:3 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.
22 And, behold, I will send to you Elijah the Tishbite, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes;
4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
23 who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbor, lest I come and smite the earth grievously.
4:6 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.”
24 Remember the law of my servant Moses, accordingly as I charged him [with it] in Horeb for all Israel, [even] the commandments and ordinances.
4:4 “Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in LXXUP.
- 1 Malachi 4:5; Luke 1:76; Mark 1:2–3; Isaiah 63:9; Luke 7:26–28
- 2 Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 4:4; 1 Corinthians 3:13–15; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Revelation 6:17
- 3 Isaiah 1:25; Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Hebrews 12:10; Daniel 12:10
- 4 2 Chronicles 7:1–3; Isaiah 56:7; Zechariah 8:3; Ezekiel 43:26–27; Jeremiah 30:18–20
- 5 James 5:8–9; Hebrews 13:4; Deuteronomy 5:11; James 5:4; Deuteronomy 27:19
- 6 Numbers 23:19; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; Lamentations 3:22–23; Jeremiah 32:27
- 7 Zechariah 1:3; Romans 10:21; James 4:8; Romans 10:3; Deuteronomy 31:20
- 8 Proverbs 3:9–10; Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17; Psalm 29:2; Malachi 1:13
- 9 Deuteronomy 28:15–19; Malachi 2:2; Haggai 2:14–17; Haggai 1:6–11; Joshua 22:20
- 10 2 Corinthians 9:6–8; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 3:9–10; Psalm 37:3; Deuteronomy 28:12
- 11 Deuteronomy 11:14; Joel 2:22; Zechariah 8:12; Joel 1:4; Amos 7:1–3
- 12 Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 62:4; Zechariah 8:23; Luke 1:48; Jeremiah 33:9
- 13 Malachi 2:17; Isaiah 37:23; Romans 9:20; Malachi 1:6–8; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
- 14 Isaiah 58:3; Psalm 73:8–13; Zephaniah 1:12; Job 35:3; Zechariah 7:3–6
- 15 Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 21:7–15; Malachi 4:1; Malachi 2:17; Job 22:23
- 16 Psalm 56:8; Revelation 20:12; Malachi 4:2; Revelation 15:4; Isaiah 26:3
- 17 Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Isaiah 62:3–4; 1 Peter 2:9
- 18 Matthew 25:46; Genesis 18:25; Psalm 58:10–11; Joshua 24:15; Malachi 3:14–15
- 19 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Peter 3:7; Malachi 3:2; Isaiah 47:14; Isaiah 5:24
- 20 Jeremiah 33:6; Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 30:26; Luke 1:78; John 8:12
- 21 Job 40:12; Romans 16:20; Micah 7:10; Zechariah 10:5; Malachi 3:17
- 22 Luke 1:17; Matthew 17:10–13; Mark 9:11–13; Matthew 11:13–14; Malachi 3:1
- 23 Luke 1:16–17; Isaiah 11:4; Hebrews 10:26–31; Matthew 23:35–38; Daniel 9:11
- 24 Deuteronomy 4:10; James 2:9–13; Galatians 5:24–25; Romans 3:31; Luke 16:29–31
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 3, 4.
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