Malachi · Unlocked Literal Bible
Malachi 3 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 “See, I am about to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, see, he will come,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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 But who will be able to endure the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like laundry soap.
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 will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi. He will refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings of righteousness to Yahweh.
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 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient 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 “Then I will approach you for judgment. I will quickly become a witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn away the foreigner, and against those who do not honor me,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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, Yahweh, have not changed; therefore you, sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.
6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts. “But you say, 'How will 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 Would a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation.
9 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I do not open to you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on you, until there is no more room for it all.
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 I will speak against those who destroy your crops, so that they do not destroy the harvest of your land. Your vines in the fields will not lose their fruit,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says Yahweh of hosts.
12 “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
13 “Your words against me have been strong,” says Yahweh. “But you say, 'What have we said among ourselves against you?'
13 “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
14 You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. What profit is it that we have kept his requirements or walked mournfully before Yahweh of hosts?
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 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper, but they even test God and escape.'”
15 Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke with one another. Yahweh paid attention and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh and honored 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 “They will be mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “my own treasured possession, on the day that I act. I will pity them, as a man pities his own son who 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 once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship him.
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.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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
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