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  3:1 ¶
Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom ye take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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3:1 ¶
Behold,°
I will send°°
my messenger,°
and he shall prepare°°
the way°
before°
me: and the Adon,°
whom°
ye°
seek,°°
shall suddenly°
come°°
to°
his temple,°
even the messenger°
of the covenant,°
whom°
ye°
delight°
in: behold,°
he shall come,°°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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3:2
And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers. |
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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
He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering 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 Yahweh°
an offering°
in righteousness.° |
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3:4
And the sacrifice of Judah{gr.Juda} and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years. |
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3:4
Then shall the offering°
of Judah°
and Jerusalem°
be pleasant°°
unto Yahweh,°
as in the days°
of old,°
and as in former°
years.° |
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3:5
And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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3:6
For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed: |
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3:6
For°
I°
[am] Yahweh,°
I change°°
not;°
therefore ye°
sons°
of Jacob°
are not°
consumed.°° |
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3:7 ¶
but ye, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: ye have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord Almighty. But ye said, 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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.°
But ye said,°°
Wherein°
shall we return?°° |
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3:8 ¶
Will a man insult God? for ye insult me. But ye say, Wherein have we insulted thee? In that the tithes and first-fruits are with you [still]. |
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3:8 ¶
Will a man°
rob°°
Elohim?°
Yet°
ye°
have robbed°°
me. But ye say,°°
Wherein°
have we robbed°°
thee? In tithes°
and offerings.° |
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3:9
And ye do surely look off from me, and ye insult me. |
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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
The year is completed, and ye have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, saith the Lord Almighty, [see] if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until ye are satisfied. |
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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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
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 appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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3:12
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a desirable land, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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3:12
And all°
nations°
shall call you blessed:°°°
for°
ye°
shall be°
a delightsome°
land,°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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3:13 ¶
Ye have spoken grievous words against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee? |
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3:13 ¶
Your words°
have been stout°°
against°
me, saith°°
Yahweh.°
Yet ye say,°°
What°
have we spoken°°
[so much] against°
thee? |
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3:14
Ye said, He that serves God labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty? |
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3:14
Ye have said,°°
It [is] vain°
to serve°°
Elohim:°
and what°
profit°
[is it] that°
we have kept°°
his ordinance,°
and that°
we have walked°°
mournfully°
before°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth?° |
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3:15
And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and [yet] have been delivered. |
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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°°
Elohim°
are even delivered.°° |
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3:16 ¶
Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbour: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name. |
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3:16 ¶
Then°
they that feared°
Yahweh°
spake°
often°°
one°
to°
another:°
and Yahweh°
hearkened,°°
and heard°°
[it], and a book°
of remembrance°
was written°°
before°
him for them that feared°°
Yahweh,°
and that thought°°
upon his name.° |
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3:17
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him. |
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3:17
And they shall be°
mine, saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
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, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not. |
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3:18
Then shall ye return,°°
and discern°°
between°
the righteous°
and the wicked,°
between°
him that serveth°°
Elohim°
and him°
that serveth°°
him not.° |
