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  3:1 ¶
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. |
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3:1 ¶
Behold,°
I will send°°
my messenger,°
and he shall prepare°°
the way°
before°
me: and the Lord,°
whom°
ye°
seek,°°
shall suddenly°
come°°
to°
his temple,°
even the messenger°
of the covenant,°
whom°
ye°
delight°
in: behold,°
he shall come,°°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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3:2
But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: |
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3:2
But who°
may abide°°°
the day°
of his coming?°°
and who°
shall stand°°
when he appeareth?°°
for°
he°
[is] like a refiner's°°
fire,°
and like fullers'°°
soap:° |
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3:3
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 unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness. |
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3:3
And he shall sit°°
[as] a refiner°°
and purifier°°
of silver:°
and he shall purify°°°
the sons°
of Levi,°
and purge°°
them as gold°
and silver,°
that they may offer°°°
unto the LORD°
an offering°
in righteousness.° |
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3:4
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. |
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3:4
Then shall the offering°
of Judah°
and Jerusalem°
be pleasant°°
unto the LORD,°
as in the days°
of old,°
and as in former°
years.° |
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3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. |
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3:5
And I will come near°°
to°
you to judgment;°
and I will be°
a swift°°
witness°
against the sorcerers,°°
and against the adulterers,°°
and against false°
swearers,°°
and against those that oppress°°
the hireling°
in [his] wages,°
the widow,°
and the fatherless,°
and that turn aside°°
the stranger°
[from his right], and fear°°
not°
me, saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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3:6
For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. |
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3:6
For°
I°
[am] the LORD,°
I change°°
not;°
therefore ye°
sons°
of Jacob°
are not°
consumed.°° |
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3:7 ¶
From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return? |
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3:7 ¶
Even from the days°°
of your fathers°
ye are gone away°°
from mine ordinances,°°
and have not°
kept°°
[them]. Return°°
unto°
me, and I will return°°
unto°
you, saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.°
But ye said,°°
Wherein°
shall we return?°° |
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3:8 ¶
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. |
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3:8 ¶
Will a man°
rob°°
God?°
Yet°
ye°
have robbed°°
me. But ye say,°°
Wherein°
have we robbed°°
thee? In tithes°
and offerings.° |
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3:9
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation. |
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3:9
Ye°
[are] cursed°°
with a curse:°
for ye°
have robbed°°
me, [even] this whole°
nation.° |
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3:10
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it]. |
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3:10
Bring°°
ye°
all°
the tithes°
into°
the storehouse,°°
that there may be°
meat°
in mine house,°
and prove°°
me now°
herewith,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts,°
if°
I will not°
open°°
you°
the windows°
of heaven,°
and pour you out°°
a blessing,°
that°
[there shall] not°
[be room] enough°
[to receive it]. |
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3:11
And 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 the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts. |
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3:11
And I will rebuke°°
the devourer°°
for your sakes, and he shall not°
destroy°°°
the fruits°
of your ground;°
neither°
shall your vine°
cast her fruit°°
before the time°
in the field,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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3:12
And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts. |
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3:12
And all°
nations°
shall call you blessed:°°°
for°
ye°
shall be°
a delightsome°
land,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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3:13 ¶
Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee? |
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3:13 ¶
Your words°
have been stout°°
against°
me, saith°°
the LORD.°
Yet ye say,°°
What°
have we spoken°°
[so much] against°
thee? |
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3:14
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? |
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3:14
Ye have said,°°
It [is] vain°
to serve°°
God:°
and what°
profit°
[is it] that°
we have kept°°
his ordinance,°
and that°
we have walked°°
mournfully°
before°°
the LORD°
of hosts?° |
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3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape. |
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3:15
And now°
we°
call°°
the proud°
happy;°°°
yea,°
they that work°°
wickedness°
are set up;°°
yea,°
[they that] tempt°°
God°
are even delivered.°° |
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3:16 ¶
Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. |
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3:16 ¶
Then°
they that feared°
the LORD°
spake°
often°°
one°
to°
another:°
and the LORD°
hearkened,°°
and heard°°
[it], and a book°
of remembrance°
was written°°
before°
him for them that feared°°
the LORD,°
and that thought°°
upon his name.° |
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3:17
And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. |
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3:17
And they shall be°
mine, saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts,°
in that day°
when°
I°
make up°°
my jewels;°
and I will spare°°°
them, as°
a man°
spareth°°°
his own son°
that serveth°°
him. |
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3:18
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. |
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3:18
Then shall ye return,°°
and discern°°
between°
the righteous°
and the wicked,°
between°
him that serveth°°
God°
and him°
that serveth°°
him not.° |
