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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

Malachi 1

1. The burden <4853> of the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> to

Israel <3478> by Malachi <4401>.

2 I have loved <0157> you, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>. Yet ye

say <0559>, Wherein <4100> hast thou loved <0157> us? [Was] not

Esau <6215> Jacob's <3290> brother <0251>? saith <0559> the LORD

<3068>: yet I loved <0157> Jacob <3290>,

3 And I hated <8130> Esau <6215>, and laid <7760> his mountains

<2022> and his heritage <5159> waste <8077> for the dragons

<8568> of the wilderness <4057>.

4 Whereas <3588> Edom <0123> saith <0559>, We are impoverished

<7567>, but we will return <7725> and build <1129> the desolate

<2723> places; thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>, They shall build <1129>, but I will throw <2040> down

<2040>; and they shall call <7121> them, The border <1366> of

wickedness <7564>, and, The people <5971> against whom <0834>

the LORD <3068> hath indignation <2194> for ever <5769>.

5 And your eyes <5869> shall see <7200>, and ye shall say

<0559>, The LORD <3068> will be magnified <1431> from the border

<1366> of Israel <3478>.

6. A son <1121> honoureth <3513> [his] father <2>, and a

servant <5650> his master <0113>: if <0518> then I [be] a father

<2>, where <0346> [is] mine honour <3519>? and if <0518> I [be]

a master <0113>, where <0346> [is] my fear <4172>? saith <0559>

the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> unto you, O priests <3548>, that

despise <0959> my name <8034>. And ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100>

have we despised <0959> thy name <8034>?

7 Ye offer <5066> polluted <1351> bread <3899> upon mine altar

<4196>; and ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100> have we polluted

<1351> thee? In that ye say <0559>, The table <7979> of the LORD

<3068> [is] contemptible <0959>.

8 And if <3588> ye offer <5066> the blind <5787> for sacrifice

<2076>, [is it] not evil <7451>? and if <3588> ye offer <5066>

the lame <6455> and sick <2470>, [is it] not evil <7451>? offer

<7126> it now <4994> unto thy governor <6346>; will he be

pleased <7521> with thee, or <0176> accept <5375> thy person

<6440>? saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

9 And now <6258>, I pray <4994> you, beseech God <0410> that he

will be gracious <2603> unto us: this <2063> hath been <1961> by

your means <3027>: will he regard <5375> your persons <6440>?

saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

10 Who <4310> [is there] even <1571> among you that would shut

<5462> the doors <1817> [for nought]? neither <3808> do ye

kindle <0215> [fire] on mine altar <4196> for nought <2600>. I

have no <0639> pleasure <2656> in you, saith <0559> the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>, neither <3808> will I accept <7521> an

offering <4503> at your hand <3027>.

11 For from the rising <4217> of the sun <8121> even unto the

going <3996> down of the same my name <8034> [shall be] great

<1419> among the Gentiles <1471>; and in every <3605> place

<4725> incense <6999> [shall be] offered <5066> unto my name

<8034>, and a pure <2889> offering <4503>: for my name <8034>

[shall be] great <1419> among the heathen <1471>, saith <0559>

the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

12 But ye have profaned <2490> it, in that ye say <0559>, The

table <7979> of the LORD <3068> [is] polluted <1351>; and the

fruit <5108> thereof, [even] his meat <0400>, [is] contemptible

<0959>.

13 Ye said <0559> also, Behold <2009>, what a weariness <4972>

[is it]! and ye have snuffed <5301> at it, saith <0559> the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>; and ye brought <0935> [that which was]

torn <1497>, and the lame <6455>, and the sick <2470>; thus

<3541> ye brought <0935> an offering <4503>: should I accept

<7521> this of your hand <3027>? saith <0559> the LORD <3068>.

14 But cursed <0779> [be] the deceiver <5230>, which <3426>

hath in his flock <5739> a male <2145>, and voweth <5087>, and

sacrificeth <2076> unto the Lord <0136> a corrupt <7843> thing:

for I [am] a great <1419> King <4428>, saith <0559> the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>, and my name <8034> [is] dreadful <3372>

among the heathen <1471>.

Malachi 2

1. And now <6258>, O ye priests <3548>, this <2063> commandment

<4687> [is] for you.

2 If <0518> ye will not hear <8085>, and if <0518> ye will not

lay <7760> [it] to heart <3820>, to give <5414> glory <3519>

unto my name <8034>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts

<6635>, I will even send <7971> a curse <3994> upon you, and I

will curse <0779> your blessings <1293>: yea <1571>, I have

cursed <0779> them already, because <3588> ye do not lay <7760>

[it] to heart <3820>.

3 Behold <2005>, I will corrupt <1605> your seed <2233>, and

spread <2219> dung <6569> upon your faces <6440>, [even] the

dung <6569> of your solemn <2282> feasts <2282>; and [one] shall

take <5375> you away with it.

4 And ye shall know <3045> that I have sent <7971> this <2063>

commandment <4687> unto you, that my covenant <1285> might be

with Levi <3878>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

5 My covenant <1285> was with him of life <2416> and peace

<7965>; and I gave <5414> them to him [for] the fear <4172>

wherewith he feared <3372> me, and was afraid <2865> before

<6440> my name <8034>.

6 The law <8451> of truth <0571> was in his mouth <6310>, and

iniquity <5766> was not found <4672> in his lips <8193>: he

walked <1980> with me in peace <7965> and equity <4334>, and did

turn <7725> many <7227> away from iniquity <5771>.

7 For the priest's <3548> lips <8193> should keep <2287>

knowledge <1847>, and they should seek <1245> the law <8451> at

his mouth <6310>: for he [is] the messenger <4397> of the LORD

<3068> of hosts <6635>.

8 But ye are departed <5493> out of the way <1870>; ye have

caused many <7227> to stumble <3782> at the law <8451>; ye have

corrupted <7843> the covenant <1285> of Levi <3878>, saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

9 Therefore have I also <1571> made <5414> you contemptible

<0959> and base <8217> before all <3605> the people <5971>,

according <6310> as ye have not kept <8104> my ways <1870>, but

have been partial in the law <8451>.

10. Have we not all <3605> one <0259> father <2>? hath not one

<0259> God <0410> created <1254> us? why <4069> do we deal

treacherously <0898> every man <0376> against his brother <0251>,

by profaning <2490> the covenant <1285> of our fathers <1>?

11 Judah <3063> hath dealt treacherously <0898>, and an

abomination <8441> is committed <6213> in Israel <3478> and in

Jerusalem <3389>; for Judah <3063> hath profaned <2490> the

holiness <6944> of the LORD <3068> which <0834> he loved <0157>,

and hath married <1166> the daughter <1323> of a strange <5236>

god <0410>.

12 The LORD <3068> will cut <3772> off the man <0376> that

doeth <6213> this, the master <5782> and the scholar <6030>, out

of the tabernacles <0168> of Jacob <3290>, and him that offereth

<5066> an offering <4503> unto the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

13 And this have ye done <6213> again <8145>, covering <3680>

the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> with tears <1832>, with

weeping <1065>, and with crying <0603> out, insomuch that he

regardeth <6437> not the offering <4503> any more <5750>, or

receiveth <3947> [it] with good <7522> will <7522> at your hand

<3027>.

14 Yet ye say <0559>, Wherefore <4100>? Because the LORD <3068>

hath been witness <5749> between <0996> thee and the wife <0802>

of thy youth <5271>, against whom <0834> thou hast dealt

treacherously <0898>: yet [is] she thy companion <2278>, and the

wife <0802> of thy covenant <1285>.

15 And did <6213> not he make <6213> one <0259>? Yet had he the

residue <7605> of the spirit <7307>. And wherefore <4100> one

<0259>? That he might seek <1245> a godly <0430> seed <2233>.

Therefore take heed <8104> to your spirit <7307>, and let none

<0408> deal treacherously <0898> against the wife <0802> of his

youth <5271>.

16 For the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of Israel <3478>, saith

<0559> that he hateth <8130> putting <7971> away: for [one]

covereth <3680> violence <2555> with his garment <3830>, saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>: therefore take heed

<8104> to your spirit <7307>, that ye deal not treacherously

<0898>.

17 Ye have wearied <3021> the LORD <3068> with your words

<1697>. Yet ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100> have we wearied <3021>

[him]? When ye say <0559>, Every <3605> one that doeth <6213>

evil <7451> [is] good <2896> in the sight <5869> of the LORD

<3068>, and he delighteth <2654> in them; or <0176>, Where

<0346> [is] the God <0430> of judgment <4941>?

Malachi 3

1. Behold <2005>, I will send <7971> my messenger <4397>, and

he shall prepare <6437> the way <1870> before <6440> me: and the

Lord <0113>, whom <0834> ye seek <1245>, shall suddenly <6597>

come <0935> to his temple <1964>, even the messenger <4397> of

the covenant <1285>, whom <0834> ye delight <2655> in: behold

<2009>, he shall come <0935>, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>.

2 But who <4310> may abide <3557> the day <3117> of his coming

<0935>? and who <4310> shall stand <5975> when he appeareth

<7200>? for he [is] like a refiner's <6884> fire <0784>, and

like fullers <3526>' soap <1287>:

3 And he shall sit <3427> [as] a refiner <6884> and purifier

<2891> of silver <3701>: and he shall purify <2891> the sons

<1121> of Levi <3878>, and purge <2212> them as gold <2091> and

silver <3701>, that they may offer <5066> unto the LORD <3068>

an offering <4503> in righteousness <6666>.

4 Then shall the offering <4503> of Judah <3063> and Jerusalem

<3389> be pleasant <6148> unto the LORD <3068>, as in the days

<3117> of old <5769>, and as in former <6931> years <8141>.

5 And I will come <7126> near <7126> to you to judgment <4941>;

and I will be a swift <4116> witness <5707> against the

sorcerers <3784>, and against the adulterers <5003>, and against

false <8267> swearers <7650>, and against those that oppress

<6231> the hireling <7916> in [his] wages <7939>, the widow

<0490>, and the fatherless <3490>, and that turn <5186> aside

<5186> the stranger <1616> [from his right <3225>], and fear

<3372> not me, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

6 For I [am] the LORD <3068>, I change <8138> not; therefore ye

sons <1121> of Jacob <3290> are not consumed <3615>.

7. Even from the days <3117> of your fathers <1> ye are gone

<5493> away <5493> from mine ordinances <2706>, and have not

kept <8104> [them]. Return <7725> unto me, and I will return

<7725> unto you, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

But ye said <0559>, Wherein <4100> shall we return <7725>?

8 Will a man <0120> rob <6906> God <0430>? Yet ye have robbed

<6906> me. But ye say <0559>, Wherein <4100> have we robbed

<0962> thee? In tithes <4643> and offerings <8641>.

9 Ye [are] cursed <0779> with a curse <3994>: for ye have

robbed <6906> me, [even] this whole <3605> nation <1471>.

10 Bring <0935> ye all <3605> the tithes <4643> into <0413> the

storehouse <0214>, that there may be meat <2964> in mine house

<1004>, and prove <0974> me now <4994> herewith <2063>, saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, if I will not open

<6605> you the windows <0699> of heaven <8064>, and pour <7324>

you out a blessing <1293>, that [there shall] not [be room]

enough <1767> [to receive it].

11 And I will rebuke <1605> the devourer <0398> for your sakes,

and he shall not destroy <7843> the fruits <6529> of your ground

<0127>; neither <3808> shall your vine <1612> cast <7921> her

fruit <7920> before the time in the field <7704>, saith <0559>

the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

12 And all <3605> nations <1471> shall call <0833> you blessed

<0833>: for ye shall be a delightsome <2656> land <0776>, saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

13. Your words <1697> have been stout <2388> against <5921> me,

saith <0559> the LORD <3068>. Yet ye say <0559>, What <4100>

have we spoken <1696> [so much] against <5921> thee?

14 Ye have said <0559>, It [is] vain <7723> to serve <5647> God

<0430>: and what <4100> profit <1215> [is it] that we have kept

<8104> his ordinance <4931>, and that we have walked <1980>

mournfully <6941> before <6440> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>?

15 And now <6258> we call <0833> the proud <2086> happy <0833>;

yea <1571>, they that work <6213> wickedness <7564> are set

<1129> up; yea <1571>, [they that] tempt <0974> God <0430> are

even delivered <4422>.

16 Then they that feared <3372> the LORD <3068> spake <1696>

often one <0376> to another <7453>: and the LORD <3068>

hearkened <7181>, and heard <8085> [it], and a book <5612> of

remembrance <2146> was written <3789> before <6440> him for them

that feared <3372> the LORD <3068>, and that thought <2803> upon

his name <8034>.

17 And they shall be mine, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, in that day <3117> when <0834> I make <6213> up my

jewels <5459>; and I will spare <2550> them, as a man <0376>

spareth <2550> his own son <1121> that serveth <5647> him.

18 Then shall ye return <7725>, and discern <7200> between

<0996> the righteous <6662> and the wicked <7563>, between

<0996> him that serveth <5647> God <0430> and him that serveth

<5647> him not.

Malachi 4

1. For, behold <2009>, the day <3117> cometh <0935>, that shall

burn <1197> as an oven <8574>; and all <3605> the proud <2086>,

yea, and all <3605> that do <6213> wickedly <7564>, shall be

stubble <7179>: and the day <3117> that cometh <0935> shall burn

<3857> them up, saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>,

that it shall leave <5800> them neither root <8328> nor branch

<6057>.

2 But unto you that fear <3373> my name <8034> shall the Sun

<8121> of righteousness <6666> arise <2224> with healing <4832>

in his wings <3671>; and ye shall go <3318> forth <3318>, and

grow <6335> up as calves <5695> of the stall <4770>.

3 And ye shall tread <6072> down the wicked <7563>; for they

shall be ashes <0665> under <8478> the soles <3709> of your feet

<7272> in the day <3117> that I shall do <6213> [this], saith

<0559> the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

4. Remember <2142> ye the law <8451> of Moses <4872> my servant

<5650>, which <0834> I commanded <6680> unto him in Horeb <2722>

for all <3605> Israel <3478>, [with] the statutes <2706> and

judgments <4941>.

5 Behold <2009>, I will send <7971> you Elijah <0452> the

prophet <5030> before <6440> the coming <0935> of the great

<1419> and dreadful <3372> day <3117> of the LORD <3068>:

6 And he shall turn <7725> the heart <3820> of the fathers <1>

to the children <1121>, and the heart <3820> of the children

<1121> to their fathers <1>, lest <6435> I come <0935> and smite

<5221> the earth <0776> with a curse <2764>.