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Malachi 3:1-13

3:1

Behold, I will send
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my messenger
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and he shall prepare
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the way
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before
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me: and the Lord
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whom ye seek
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shall suddenly
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come
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to his temple
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even the messenger
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of the covenant
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whom ye delight
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in: behold, he shall come
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saith
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the LORD
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of hosts
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3:2

But who may abide
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the day
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of his coming
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and who shall stand
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when he appeareth
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for he [is] like a refiner's
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fire
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and like fullers
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soap
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3:3

And he shall sit
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[as] a refiner
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and purifier
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of silver
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and he shall purify
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the sons
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of Levi
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and purge
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them as gold
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and silver
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that they may offer
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unto the LORD
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an offering
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in righteousness
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3:4

Then shall the offering
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of Judah
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and Jerusalem
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be pleasant
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unto the LORD
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as in the days
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of old
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and as in former
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years
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{former: or, ancient}

3:5

And I will come near
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to you to judgment
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and I will be a swift
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witness
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against the sorcerers
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and against the adulterers
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and against false
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swearers
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and against those that oppress
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the hireling
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in [his] wages
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the widow
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and the fatherless
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and that turn aside
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the stranger
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[from his right], and fear
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not me, saith
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the LORD
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of hosts
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{oppress: or, defraud}

3:6

For I [am] the LORD
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I change
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not; therefore ye sons
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of Jacob
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are not consumed
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3:7

Even from the days
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of your fathers
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ye are gone away
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from mine ordinances
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and have not kept
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[them]. Return
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unto me, and I will return
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unto you, saith
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the LORD
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of hosts
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But ye said
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Wherein shall we return
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3:8

Will a man
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rob
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God
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Yet ye have robbed
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me. But ye say
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Wherein have we robbed
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thee? In tithes
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and offerings
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3:9

Ye [are] cursed
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with a curse
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for ye have robbed
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me, [even] this whole nation
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3:10

Bring
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ye all the tithes
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into the storehouse
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that there may be meat
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in mine house
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and prove
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me now herewith
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saith
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the LORD
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of hosts
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if I will not open
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you the windows
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of heaven
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and pour you out
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a blessing
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that [there shall] not [be room] enough
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[to receive it]. {pour...: Heb. empty out}

3:11

And I will rebuke
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the devourer
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for your sakes, and he shall not destroy
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the fruits
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of your ground
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neither shall your vine
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cast her fruit
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before the time in the field
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saith
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the LORD
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of hosts
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{destroy: Heb. corrupt}

3:12

And all nations
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shall call you blessed
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for ye shall be a delightsome
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land
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saith
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the LORD
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of hosts
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3:13

Your words
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have been stout
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against me, saith
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the LORD
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Yet ye say
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What have we spoken
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[so much] against thee?