My LORD’s BibleMalachi 3
1Behold, 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.
הִנְנִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָכִי וּפִנָּה־דֶרֶךְ לְפָנָי וּפִתְאֹם יָבֹוא אֶל־הֵיכָלֹו הָאָדֹון ׀ אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מְבַקְשִׁים וּמַלְאַךְ הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם חֲפֵצִים הִנֵּה־בָא אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (5950)
See also: Matthew 11:10, Isaiah 40:3, Mark 1:2, Matthew 3:3, Luke 2:49, Malachi 4:5, Luke 1:76, Exodus 23:20, John 1:6, Luke 7:27, Isaiah 63:9, Psalms 24:7, Deuteronomy 18:18, Psalms 24:3, Haggai 2:7, Matthew 3:10, Luke 7:26-28, Ezekiel 21:27, Mark 9:11, Malachi 2:7
2But 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:
וּמִי מְכַלְכֵּל אֶת־יֹום בֹּואֹו וּמִי הָעֹמֵד בְּהֵרָאֹותֹו כִּי־הוּא כְּאֵשׁ מְצָרֵף וּכְבֹרִית מְכַבְּסִים׃ (3046)
See also: Zechariah 13:9, Luke 21:36, Psalms 139:23, Isaiah 43:2, Ephesians 6:13, Isaiah 4:4, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15, Job 23:10, Isaiah 48:10, Malachi 4:1, Luke 12:49, James 1:12, Matthew 3:11, Psalms 17:3, Daniel 11:35, Revelation 6:17, Deuteronomy 8:2, 1 Peter 2:7-8, Proverbs 25:4, 1 John 2:28
3And 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.
וְיָשַׁב מְצָרֵף וּמְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף וְטִהַר אֶת־בְּנֵי־לֵוִי וְזִקַּק אֹתָם כַּזָּהָב וְכַכָּסֶף וְהָיוּ לַיהוָה מַגִּישֵׁי מִנְחָה בִּצְדָקָה׃ (3501)
See also: Isaiah 1:25, Proverbs 17:3, 1 Peter 1:7, Revelation 3:18, John 15:2, Zechariah 13:9, Hebrews 12:10, Daniel 12:10, Ephesians 5:26-27, Psalms 51:19, Psalms 66:10, Jeremiah 9:7, 2 Timothy 2:21, Titus 2:14, Proverbs 25:4, Ezekiel 20:38, Luke 3:16, John 4:23-24, Romans 12:1, Philippians 2:17
4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
וְעָרְבָה לַיהוָה מִנְחַת יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִָם כִּימֵי עֹולָם וּכְשָׁנִים קַדְמֹנִיֹּות׃ (2721)
See also: 2 Chronicles 7:1-3, Ezekiel 20:40, Isaiah 56:7, Zechariah 8:3, Revelation 2:5, Jeremiah 30:18-20, Ezekiel 16:55, Ezekiel 43:26-27, 1 Chronicles 15:26, 1 Chronicles 16:1-3, 1 Chronicles 21:26, 1 Chronicles 29:20-22, 2 Chronicles 1:6, 2 Chronicles 7:10-12, 2 Chronicles 8:12-14, 2 Chronicles 29:31-36, 2 Chronicles 30:21-27, 2 Chronicles 31:20-21, Psalms 51:19, Jeremiah 2:2-3
5And 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.
וְקָרַבְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם לַמִּשְׁפָּט וְהָיִיתִי ׀ עֵד מְמַהֵר בַּמְכַשְּׁפִים וּבַמְנָאֲפִים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִים לַשָּׁקֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵי שְׂכַרשָׂ־כִיר אַלְמָנָה וְיָתֹום וּמַטֵּי־גֵר וְלֹא יְרֵאוּנִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (7383)
See also: James 5:8-9, Deuteronomy 24:14, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 7:12, Revelation 21:8, Deuteronomy 5:11, Malachi 3:16, James 5:4, Deuteronomy 27:19, Malachi 2:14, 1 Peter 4:17, Leviticus 19:13, Galatians 5:19-21, Proverbs 22:22, Jeremiah 7:9-10, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 2 Peter 2:1, Revelation 22:15, Leviticus 20:6, Deuteronomy 5:17-21
6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה לֹא שָׁנִיתִי וְאַתֶּם בְּנֵי־יַעֲקֹב לֹא כְלִיתֶם׃ (2140)
See also: Hebrews 13:8, Numbers 23:19, James 1:17, Lamentations 3:22-23, Jeremiah 32:27, Isaiah 40:28-31, Romans 8:28-32, Exodus 3:14-15, Hebrews 6:18, 1 Samuel 15:29, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 22:13, Psalms 102:26, Isaiah 45:5-8, Romans 11:29, Isaiah 44:6, Psalms 89:34, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14, Philippians 1:6, Psalms 103:17
7Even 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?
לְמִימֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם סַרְתֶּם מֵחֻקַּי וְלֹא שְׁמַרְתֶּם שׁוּבוּ אֵלַי וְאָשׁוּבָה אֲלֵיכֶם אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וַאֲמַרְתֶּם בַּמֶּה נָשׁוּב׃ (5112)
See also: James 4:8, Zechariah 1:3, Romans 10:21, Deuteronomy 31:20, Romans 10:3, Daniel 9:5, Leviticus 26:40-42, Nehemiah 9:28-30, Isaiah 55:6-7, Jeremiah 3:12-14, Hosea 14:1, Deuteronomy 4:29-31, Jeremiah 3:22, Malachi 1:6, Luke 15:16, Deuteronomy 9:7-21, Deuteronomy 30:1-4, Nehemiah 9:26, Psalms 78:8-10, Isaiah 65:2
8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
הֲיִקְבַּע אָדָם אֱלֹהִים כִּי אַתֶּם קֹבְעִים אֹתִי וַאֲמַרְתֶּם בַּמֶּה קְבַעֲנוּךָ הַמַּעֲשֵׂר וְהַתְּרוּמָה׃ (3681)
See also: Proverbs 3:9-10, Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17, Psalms 29:2, Numbers 18:21-32, Malachi 1:13, Luke 20:25, Leviticus 27:2-34, Joshua 7:11, Psalms 32:5, Luke 11:42, Romans 2:22, Romans 13:7, Leviticus 27:30, Nehemiah 13:4-14, Malachi 1:8, Leviticus 5:15-16, Nehemiah 13:10, Proverbs 20:25, Genesis 14:20
9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
בַּמְּאֵרָה אַתֶּם נֵאָרִים וְאֹתִי אַתֶּם קֹבְעִים הַגֹּוי כֻּלֹּו׃ (2150)
See also: Matthew 4:4, Haggai 1:6, Deuteronomy 28:15-19, 1 Corinthians 16:2, Haggai 2:14-17, Malachi 2:2, Joshua 22:20, Isaiah 43:28, Deuteronomy 28:16, Joshua 7:12-13, Isaiah 24:6, Jeremiah 2:31, Zechariah 8:11, Malachi 1:14
10Bring 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.
הָבִיאוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעֲשֵׂר אֶל־בֵּית הָאֹוצָר וִיהִי טֶרֶף בְּבֵיתִי וּבְחָנוּנִי נָא בָּזֹאת אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אִם־לֹא אֶפְתַּח לָכֶם אֵת אֲרֻבֹּות הַשָּׁמַיִם וַהֲרִיקֹתִי לָכֶם בְּרָכָה עַד־בְּלִי־דָי׃ (7172)
See also: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 3:9-10, Psalms 37:3, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Philippians 4:19, Deuteronomy 28:12, Leviticus 27:30, Nehemiah 13:10-13, Nehemiah 12:44, 2 Chronicles 31:4-19, Numbers 18:21, Leviticus 26:10, Luke 12:16-17, 2 Kings 7:2, Haggai 2:19, Genesis 7:11, 1 Kings 17:13-16, 2 Kings 7:19, Nehemiah 10:33-39
11And 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.
וְגָעַרְתִּי לָכֶם בָּאֹכֵל וְלֹא־יַשְׁחִת לָכֶם אֶת־פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה וְלֹא־תְשַׁכֵּל לָכֶם הַגֶּפֶן בַּשָּׂדֶה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (4515)
See also: Deuteronomy 11:14, Joel 2:22, Zechariah 8:12, Joel 1:4, Joel 2:20, Amos 7:1-3, Jeremiah 8:13, Amos 4:9, Joel 1:7, Joel 1:12, Habakkuk 3:17, Haggai 2:17
12And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
וְאִשְּׁרוּ אֶתְכֶם כָּל־הַגֹּויִם כִּי־תִהְיוּ אַתֶּם אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (3215)
See also: Zephaniah 3:20, Luke 1:48, Isaiah 61:9, Isaiah 62:4, Zechariah 8:23, Deuteronomy 28:10, Isaiah 2:2, Jeremiah 33:9, Deuteronomy 4:6-7, Deuteronomy 8:7-10, Deuteronomy 11:12, 2 Chronicles 32:23, Psalms 72:17, Daniel 8:9, Daniel 11:41, Zephaniah 3:19-20, Psalms 48:2
13Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
חָזְקוּ עָלַי דִּבְרֵיכֶם אָמַר יְהוָה וַאֲמַרְתֶּם מַה־נִּדְבַּרְנוּ עָלֶיךָ׃ (1948)
See also: Malachi 1:6, Malachi 2:17, Psalms 139:4, Isaiah 37:23, Romans 9:20, Jeremiah 44:18, Ezekiel 18:25, 1 Samuel 2:3, Isaiah 45:19, Malachi 1:2, Matthew 25:44, 1 Peter 4:5, Job 1:11, Job 15:13, Job 15:25, Isaiah 3:8, Hosea 12:8, Malachi 3:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Exodus 5:2
14Ye 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?
אֲמַרְתֶּם שָׁוְא עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים וּמַה־בֶּצַע כִּי שָׁמַרְנוּ מִשְׁמַרְתֹּו וְכִי הָלַכְנוּ קְדֹרַנִּית מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (4591)
See also: Mark 8:36, Isaiah 58:3, Malachi 3:18, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 73:8-13, Zephaniah 1:12, Job 35:3, Job 2:9, Isaiah 43:22, Zechariah 7:3-6, Matthew 6:16, James 1:26, Genesis 25:32, Job 34:9, Joel 2:12, Job 22:17, Matthew 25:24, Psalms 73:13, Mark 7:7, Luke 15:29
15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
וְעַתָּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִים זֵדִים גַּם־נִבְנוּ עֹשֵׂי רִשְׁעָה גַּם בָּחֲנוּ אֱלֹהִים וַיִּמָּלֵטוּ׃ (2650)
See also: Isaiah 5:20, Jeremiah 12:1, Matthew 4:7, Psalms 92:7, Malachi 4:1, Mark 8:11, Ecclesiastes 8:14, Luke 4:12, Job 21:7-15, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Malachi 2:17, Exodus 17:2, Job 22:23, Job 24:12, Psalms 58:2, Amos 9:10, Matthew 4:6-7, Numbers 14:22-23, 2 Kings 11:3, Esther 5:10
16Then 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.
אָז נִדְבְּרוּ יִרְאֵי יְהוָה אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וַיַּקְשֵׁב יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁמָע וַיִּכָּתֵב סֵפֶר זִכָּרֹון לְפָנָיו לְיִרְאֵי יְהוָה וּלְחֹשְׁבֵי שְׁמֹו׃ (4596)
See also: Psalms 139:16, Psalms 56:8, Revelation 20:12, Proverbs 13:20, Malachi 4:2, Psalms 147:11, Revelation 15:4, Isaiah 26:3, Acts 10:4, Isaiah 34:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Hebrews 4:12-13, Hebrews 10:24, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 103:13, Malachi 3:5, Ezekiel 9:4, Acts 9:31, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 14:26
17And 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.
וְהָיוּ לִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות לַיֹּום אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה סְגֻלָּה וְחָמַלְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר יַחְמֹל אִישׁ עַל־בְּנֹו הָעֹבֵד אֹתֹו׃ (4169)
See also: Exodus 19:5, Romans 8:19, Deuteronomy 7:6, Isaiah 43:1, 2 Corinthians 6:18, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 62:3-4, Matthew 7:22, Romans 8:32, Isaiah 25:8, Jeremiah 32:38-39, 1 Peter 2:9, Deuteronomy 26:17-18, Jeremiah 31:33, 1 Corinthians 3:13, Deuteronomy 14:2, Psalms 135:4, Ezekiel 36:27-28, Malachi 1:6, John 10:27-30
18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
וְשַׁבְתֶּם וּרְאִיתֶם בֵּין צַדִּיק לְרָשָׁע בֵּין עֹבֵד אֱלֹהִים לַאֲשֶׁר לֹא עֲבָדֹו׃ (3139)
See also: Matthew 25:32, Psalms 1:5, Isaiah 3:10, Matthew 25:46, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 58:10-11, Joshua 24:15, Exodus 11:7, Malachi 3:14-15, Matthew 13:30, Isaiah 65:13, Acts 27:23, Exodus 8:22, Jeremiah 12:15, John 12:26, Psalms 37:6, Ecclesiastes 9:2, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Psalms 6:10, Ecclesiastes 9:11