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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,º
I will sendºº
my messenger,º
and he shall prepareºº
the wayº
beforeº
me: and the Lord,º
whomº
yeº
seek,ºº
shall suddenlyº
comeºº
toº
his temple,º
even the messengerº
of the covenant,º
whomº
yeº
delightº
in: behold,º
he shall come,ºº
saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts.º |
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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 whoº
may abideººº
the dayº
of his coming?ºº
and whoº
shall standºº
when he appeareth?ºº
forº
heº
[is] like a refiner'sºº
fire,º
and like fullers'ºº
soap:º |
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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 sitºº
[as] a refinerºº
and purifierºº
of silver:º
and he shall purifyººº
the sonsº
of Levi,º
and purgeºº
them as goldº
and silver,º
that they may offerººº
unto the LORDº
an offeringº
in righteousness.º |
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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 offeringº
of Judahº
and Jerusalemº
be pleasantºº
unto the LORD,º
as in the daysº
of old,º
and as in formerº
years.º |
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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 nearºº
toº
you to judgment;º
and I will beº
a swiftºº
witnessº
against the sorcerers,ºº
and against the adulterers,ºº
and against falseº
swearers,ºº
and against those that oppressºº
the hirelingº
in [his] wages,º
the widow,º
and the fatherless,º
and that turn asideºº
the strangerº
[from his right], and fearºº
notº
me, saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts.º |
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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
Forº
Iº
[am] the LORD,º
I changeºº
not;º
therefore yeº
sonsº
of Jacobº
are notº
consumed.ºº |
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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 daysºº
of your fathersº
ye are gone awayºº
from mine ordinances,ºº
and have notº
keptºº
[them]. Returnºº
untoº
me, and I will returnºº
untoº
you, saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts.º
But ye said,ºº
Whereinº
shall we return?ºº |
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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 manº
robºº
God?º
Yetº
yeº
have robbedºº
me. But ye say,ºº
Whereinº
have we robbedºº
thee? In tithesº
and offerings.º |
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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
Yeº
[are] cursedºº
with a curse:º
for yeº
have robbedºº
me, [even] this wholeº
nation.º |
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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
Bringºº
yeº
allº
the tithesº
intoº
the storehouse,ºº
that there may beº
meatº
in mine house,º
and proveºº
me nowº
herewith,º
saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts,º
ifº
I will notº
openºº
youº
the windowsº
of heaven,º
and pour you outºº
a blessing,º
thatº
[there shall] notº
[be room] enoughº
[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 rebukeºº
the devourerºº
for your sakes, and he shall notº
destroyººº
the fruitsº
of your ground;º
neitherº
shall your vineº
cast her fruitºº
before the timeº
in the field,º
saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts.º |
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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 allº
nationsº
shall call you blessed:ººº
forº
yeº
shall beº
a delightsomeº
land,º
saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts.º |
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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 wordsº
have been stoutºº
againstº
me, saithºº
the LORD.º
Yet ye say,ºº
Whatº
have we spokenºº
[so much] againstº
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,ºº
It [is] vainº
to serveºº
God:º
and whatº
profitº
[is it] thatº
we have keptºº
his ordinance,º
and thatº
we have walkedºº
mournfullyº
beforeºº
the LORDº
of hosts?º |
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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 nowº
weº
callºº
the proudº
happy;ººº
yea,º
they that workºº
wickednessº
are set up;ºº
yea,º
[they that] temptºº
Godº
are even delivered.ºº |
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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 ¶
Thenº
they that fearedº
the LORDº
spakeº
oftenºº
oneº
toº
another:º
and the LORDº
hearkened,ºº
and heardºº
[it], and a bookº
of remembranceº
was writtenºº
beforeº
him for them that fearedºº
the LORD,º
and that thoughtºº
upon his name.º |
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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 beº
mine, saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts,º
in that dayº
whenº
Iº
make upºº
my jewels;º
and I will spareººº
them, asº
a manº
sparethººº
his own sonº
that servethºº
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,ºº
and discernºº
betweenº
the righteousº
and the wicked,º
betweenº
him that servethºº
Godº
and himº
that servethºº
him not.º |
