Malachi 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Malachi 3

¹“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVBehold, I will send^H7971^(H8802) my messenger^H4397, and he shall prepare^H6437^(H8765) the way^H1870 before^H6440 me: and the Lord^H113, whom ye seek^H1245^(H8764), shall suddenly^H6597 come^H935^(H8799) to his temple^H1964, even the messenger^H4397 of the covenant^H1285, whom ye delight^H2655 in: behold, he shall come^H935^(H8804), saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

² “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;

KJVBut who may abide^H3557^(H8772) the day^H3117 of his coming^H935^(H8800)? and who shall stand^H5975^(H8802) when he appeareth^H7200^(H8736)? for he is like a refiner's^H6884^(H8764) fire^H784, and like fullers^H3526^(H8764)' soap^H1287:

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 to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

KJVAnd he shall sit^H3427^(H8804) as a refiner^H6884^(H8764) and purifier^H2891^(H8764) of silver^H3701: and he shall purify^H2891^(H8765) the sons^H1121 of Levi^H3878, and purge^H2212^(H8765) them as gold^H2091 and silver^H3701, that they may offer^H5066^(H8688) unto the LORD^H3068 an offering^H4503 in righteousness^H6666.

⁴ Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years.

KJVThen shall the offering^H4503 of Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 be pleasant^H6149^(H8804) unto the LORD^H3068, as in the days^H3117 of old^H5769, and as in former^H6931 years^H8141.

⁵ I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd I will come near^H7126^(H8804) to you to judgment^H4941; and I will be a swift^H4116^(H8764) witness^H5707 against the sorcerers^H3784^(H8764), and against the adulterers^H5003^(H8764), and against false^H8267 swearers^H7650^(H8737), and against those that oppress^H6231^(H8802) the hireling^H7916 in his wages^H7939, the widow^H490, and the fatherless^H3490, and that turn aside^H5186^(H8688) the stranger^H1616 from his right, and fear^H3372^(H8804) not me, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁶ “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

KJVFor I am the LORD^H3068, I change^H8138^(H8804) not; therefore ye sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290 are not consumed^H3615^(H8804).

⁷ From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

KJVEven from the days^H3117 of your fathers^H1 ye are gone away^H5493^(H8804) from mine ordinances^H2706, and have not kept^H8104^(H8804) them. Return^H7725^(H8798) unto me, and I will return^H7725^(H8799) unto you, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635. But ye said^H559^(H8804), Wherein shall we return^H7725^(H8799)?

⁸ Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.

KJVWill a man^H120 rob^H6906^(H8799) God^H430? Yet ye have robbed^H6906^(H8802) me. But ye say^H559^(H8804), Wherein have we robbed^H6906^(H8804) thee? In tithes^H4643 and offerings^H8641.

⁹ You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.

KJVYe are cursed^H779^(H8737) with a curse^H3994: for ye have robbed^H6906^(H8802) me, even this whole nation^H1471.

¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.

KJVBring^H935^(H8685) ye all the tithes^H4643 into the storehouse^H214, that there may be meat^H2964 in mine house^H1004, and prove^H974^(H8798) me now herewith^H2063, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, if I will not open^H6605^(H8799) you the windows^H699 of heaven^H8064, and pour you out^H7324^(H8689) a blessing^H1293, that there shall not be room enough^H1767 to receive it.

¹¹ 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 its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd I will rebuke^H1605^(H8804) the devourer^H398^(H8802) for your sakes, and he shall not destroy^H7843^(H8686) the fruits^H6529 of your ground^H127; neither shall your vine^H1612 cast her fruit^H7921^(H8762) before the time in the field^H7704, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

¹² “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd all nations^H1471 shall call you blessed^H833^(H8765): for ye shall be a delightsome^H2656 land^H776, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

¹³ “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’

KJVYour words^H1697 have been stout^H2388^(H8804) against me, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068. Yet ye say^H559^(H8804), What have we spoken^H1696^(H8738) so much against thee?

¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

KJVYe have said^H559^(H8804), It is vain^H7723 to serve^H5647^(H8800) God^H430: and what profit^H1215 is it that we have kept^H8104^(H8804) his ordinance^H4931, and that we have walked^H1980^(H8804) mournfully^H6941 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635?

¹⁵ Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

KJVAnd now we call^H833 the proud^H2086 happy^H833^(H8764); yea, they that work^H6213^(H8802) wickedness^H7564 are set up^H1129^(H8738); yea, they that tempt^H974^(H8804) God^H430 are even delivered^H4422^(H8735).

¹⁶ Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name.

KJVThen they that feared^H3373 the LORD^H3068 spake often^H1696^(H8738) one^H376 to another^H7453: and the LORD^H3068 hearkened^H7181^(H8686), and heard^H8085^(H8799) it, and a book^H5612 of remembrance^H2146 was written^H3789^(H8735) before^H6440 him for them that feared^H3373 the LORD^H3068, and that thought^H2803^(H8802) upon his name^H8034.

¹⁷ They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

KJVAnd they shall be mine, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, in that day^H3117 when I make up^H6213^(H8802) my jewels^H5459; and I will spare^H2550^(H8804) them, as a man^H376 spareth^H2550^(H8799) his own son^H1121 that serveth^H5647^(H8802) him.

¹⁸ Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

KJVThen shall ye return^H7725^(H8804), and discern^H7200^(H8804) between the righteous^H6662 and the wicked^H7563, between him that serveth^H5647^(H8802) God^H430 and him that serveth^H5647^(H8804) him not.

WEB·Malachi 2

¹“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

KJVAnd now, O ye priests^H3548, this commandment^H4687 is for you.

² If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.

KJVIf ye will not hear^H8085^(H8799), and if ye will not lay^H7760^(H8799) it to heart^H3820, to give^H5414^(H8800) glory^H3519 unto my name^H8034, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, I will even send^H7971^(H8765) a curse^H3994 upon you, and I will curse^H779^(H8804) your blessings^H1293: yea, I have cursed^H779^(H8804) them already, because ye do not lay^H7760^(H8802) it to heart^H3820.

³ Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

KJVBehold, I will corrupt^H1605^(H8802) your seed^H2233, and spread^H2219^(H8765) dung^H6569 upon your faces^H6440, even the dung^H6569 of your solemn feasts^H2282; and one shall take you away^H5375^(H8804) with it.

⁴ You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I have sent^H7971^(H8765) this commandment^H4687 unto you, that my covenant^H1285 might be with Levi^H3878, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁵ “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.

KJVMy covenant^H1285 was with him of life^H2416 and peace^H7965; and I gave^H5414^(H8799) them to him for the fear^H4172 wherewith he feared^H3372^(H8799) me, and was afraid^H2865^(H8738) before^H6440 my name^H8034.

⁶ The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

KJVThe law^H8451 of truth^H571 was in his mouth^H6310, and iniquity^H5766 was not found^H4672^(H8738) in his lips^H8193: he walked^H1980^(H8804) with me in peace^H7965 and equity^H4334, and did turn^H7725 many^H7227 away^H7725^(H8689) from iniquity^H5771.

⁷ For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

KJVFor the priest's^H3548 lips^H8193 should keep^H8104^(H8799) knowledge^H1847, and they should seek^H1245^(H8762) the law^H8451 at his mouth^H6310: for he is the messenger^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁸ But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVBut ye are departed^H5493^(H8804) out of the way^H1870; ye have caused many^H7227 to stumble^H3782^(H8689) at the law^H8451; ye have corrupted^H7843^(H8765) the covenant^H1285 of Levi^H3878, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁹ “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

KJVTherefore have I also made^H5414^(H8804) you contemptible^H959^(H8737) and base^H8217 before all the people^H5971, according^H6310 as ye have not kept^H8104^(H8802) my ways^H1870, but have been partial^H5375^(H8802)^H6440 in the law^H8451.

¹⁰ Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

KJVHave we not all one^H259 father^H1? hath not one^H259 God^H410 created^H1254^(H8804) us? why do we deal treacherously^H898^(H8799) every man^H376 against his brother^H251, by profaning^H2490^(H8763) the covenant^H1285 of our fathers^H1?

¹¹ Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

KJVJudah^H3063 hath dealt treacherously^H898^(H8804), and an abomination^H8441 is committed^H6213^(H8738) in Israel^H3478 and in Jerusalem^H3389; for Judah^H3063 hath profaned^H2490^(H8765) the holiness^H6944 of the LORD^H3068 which he loved^H157^(H8804), and hath married^H1166^(H8804) the daughter^H1323 of a strange^H5236 god^H410.

¹² Yahweh will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 will cut off^H3772^(H8686) the man^H376 that doeth^H6213^(H8799) this, the master^H5782^(H8802) and the scholar^H6030^(H8802), out of the tabernacles^H168 of Jacob^H3290, and him that offereth^H5066^(H8688) an offering^H4503 unto the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

¹³ “This again you do: you cover Yahweh’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.

KJVAnd this have ye done^H6213^(H8799) again^H8145, covering^H3680^(H8763) the altar^H4196 of the LORD^H3068 with tears^H1832, with weeping^H1065, and with crying out^H603, insomuch that he regardeth^H6437^(H8800) not the offering^H4503 any more, or receiveth^H3947^(H8800) it with good will^H7522 at your hand^H3027.

¹⁴ Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

KJVYet ye say^H559^(H8804), Wherefore^H4100? Because the LORD^H3068 hath been witness^H5749^(H8689) between thee and the wife^H802 of thy youth^H5271, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously^H898^(H8804): yet is she thy companion^H2278, and the wife^H802 of thy covenant^H1285.

¹⁵ Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

KJVAnd did not he make^H6213^(H8804) one^H259? Yet had he the residue^H7605 of the spirit^H7307. And wherefore one^H259? That he might seek^H1245^(H8764) a godly^H430 seed^H2233. Therefore take heed^H8104^(H8738) to your spirit^H7307, and let none deal treacherously^H898^(H8799) against the wife^H802 of his youth^H5271.

¹⁶ One who hates and divorces”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, saith^H559^(H8804) that he hateth^H8130^(H8804) putting away^H7971^(H8763): for one covereth^H3680^(H8765) violence^H2555 with his garment^H3830, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635: therefore take heed^H8104^(H8738) to your spirit^H7307, that ye deal not treacherously^H898^(H8799).

¹⁷ You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’

KJVYe have wearied^H3021^(H8689) the LORD^H3068 with your words^H1697. Yet ye say^H559^(H8804), Wherein have we wearied^H3021^(H8689) him? When ye say^H559^(H8800), Every one that doeth^H6213^(H8802) evil^H7451 is good^H2896 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068, and he delighteth^H2654^(H8804) in them; or, Where is the God^H430 of judgment^H4941?

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