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1. Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, he cometh, saith the LORD of hosts.
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1. Behold H2009 , I will send H7971 my messenger H4397 , and he shall prepare H6437 the way H1870 before H6440 me : and the Lord H113 , whom H834 ye H859 seek H1245 , shall suddenly H6597 come H935 to H413 his temple H1964 , even the messenger H4397 of the covenant H1285 , whom H834 ye H859 delight H2655 in: behold H2009 , he shall come H935 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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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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2. But who H4310 may abide H3557 H853 the day H3117 of his coming H935 ? and who H4310 shall stand H5975 when he appeareth H7200 ? for H3588 he H1931 is like a refiner H6884 's fire H784 , and like fullers H3526 ' soap H1287 :
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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; and they shall offer unto the LORD offerings in righteousness.
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3. And he shall sit H3427 as a refiner H6884 and purifier H2891 of silver H3701 : and he shall purify H2891 H853 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 , and purge H2212 them as gold H2091 and silver H3701 , that they may offer H1961 H5066 unto the LORD H3068 an offering H4503 in righteousness H6666 .
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4. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
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4. Then shall the offering H4503 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 be pleasant H6149 unto the LORD H3068 , as in the days H3117 of old H5769 , and as in former H6931 years H8141 .
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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 {cf15i from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
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5. And I will come near H7126 to H413 you to judgment H4941 ; and I will be H1961 a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers H3784 , and against the adulterers H5003 , and against false H8267 swearers H7650 , and against those that oppress H6231 the hireling H7916 in his wages H7939 , the widow H490 , and the fatherless H3490 , and that turn aside H5186 the stranger H1616 from his right , and fear H3372 not H3808 me, saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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6. For I the LORD change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
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6. For H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 , I change H8138 not H3808 ; therefore ye H859 sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 are not H3808 consumed H3615 .
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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 the LORD of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
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7. Even from the days H4480 H3117 of your fathers H1 ye are gone away H5493 from mine ordinances H4480 H2706 , and have not H3808 kept H8104 them . Return H7725 unto H413 me , and I will return H7725 unto H413 you, saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 . But ye said H559 , Wherein H4100 shall we return H7725 ?
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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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8. Will a man H120 rob H6906 God H430 ? Yet H3588 ye H859 have robbed H6906 me . But ye say H559 , Wherein H4100 have we robbed H6906 thee? In tithes H4643 and offerings H8641 .
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9. Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
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9. Ye H859 are cursed H779 with a curse H3994 : for ye H859 have robbed H6906 me, even this whole H3605 nation H1471 .
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10. Bring ye the whole tithe 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 {cf15i to receive it}.
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10. Bring H935 ye H853 all H3605 the tithes H4643 into H413 the storehouse H1004 H214 , that there may be H1961 meat H2964 in mine house H1004 , and prove H974 me now H4994 herewith H2063 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , if H518 I will not H3808 open H6605 you H853 the windows H699 of heaven H8064 , and pour you out H7324 a blessing H1293 , that H5704 there shall not H1097 be room enough H1767 to receive it .
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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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11. And I will rebuke H1605 the devourer H398 for your sakes , and he shall not H3808 destroy H7843 H853 the fruits H6529 of your ground H127 ; neither H3808 shall your vine H1612 cast her fruit before the time H7921 in the field H7704 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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12. And all nations shall call you happy: for ye shall he a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
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12. And all H3605 nations H1471 shall call you blessed H833 H853 : for H3588 ye H859 shall be H1961 a delightful H2656 land H776 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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13. Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
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13. Your words H1697 have been stout H2388 against H5921 me, saith H559 the LORD H3068 . Yet ye say H559 , What H4100 have we spoken H1696 so much against H5921 thee?
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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 the LORD of hosts?
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14. Ye have said H559 , It is vain H7723 to serve H5647 God H430 : and what H4100 profit H1215 is it that H3588 we have kept H8104 his ordinance H4931 , and that H3588 we have walked H1980 mournfully H6941 before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ?
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15. And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.
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15. And now H6258 we H587 call the proud happy H833 H2086 ; yea H1571 , they that work H6213 wickedness H7564 are set up H1129 ; yea H1571 , they that tempt H974 God H430 are even delivered H4422 .
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16. Then they that feared the LORD spake one with another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard, 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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16. Then H227 they that feared H3373 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 often one H376 to H854 another H7453 : and the LORD H3068 hearkened H7181 , and heard H8085 it , and a book H5612 of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 him for them that feared H3372 the LORD H3068 , and that thought H2803 upon his name H8034 .
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17. And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in the day that I do make, {cf15i even} a peculiar treasure; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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17. And they shall be H1961 mine, saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , in that day H3117 when H834 I H589 make up H6213 my jewels H5459 ; and I will spare H2550 H5921 them, as H834 a man H376 spareth H2550 H5921 his own son H1121 that serveth H5647 him.
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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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18. Then shall ye return H7725 , and discern H7200 between H996 the righteous H6662 and the wicked H7563 , between H996 him that serveth H5647 God H430 and him H834 that serveth H5647 him not H3808 .
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