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    <book number='39' name='Malachi' abbreviation='Mal' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='4401'>Malachi</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>I have <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. Yet ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherein</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>us? <em>Was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6215'>Esau</strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: yet I <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='6215'>Esau</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>laid</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='5159'>heritage</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>waste</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8568'>dragons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Whereas</strongs><strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, We are <strongs hebrew='7567'>impoverished</strongs>, but we will <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the desolate <strongs hebrew='2723'>places</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>They</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will throw <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>them, The <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7564'>wickedness</strongs>, and, The <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2194'>indignation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And your <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will be <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>A <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3513'>honoreth</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>then <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='346'>where</strongs><em>is</em> mine <strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='346'>where</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='4172'>fear</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>unto you, O <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='959'>despise</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. And ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherein</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Ye <strongs hebrew='5066'>offer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1351'>polluted</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>; and ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherein</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='1351'>polluted</strongs>thee? In that ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='959'>contemptible</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='5066'>offer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5787'>blind</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs>, <em>is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='5066'>offer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>, <em>is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='7126'>offer</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='6346'>governor</strongs>; will he be <strongs hebrew='7521'>pleased</strongs>with thee, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>accept</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>person</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>you</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2470'>beseech</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>that he will be <strongs hebrew='2603'>gracious</strongs>unto us: <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>by your <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>means</strongs>: will he <strongs hebrew='5375'>regard</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>your</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>persons</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs>among you that would <strongs hebrew='5462'>shut</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs><em>for</em> <em>naught</em> ? <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>do ye <strongs hebrew='215'>kindle</strongs><em>fire</em> on mine <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2600'>naught</strongs>. I have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>pleasure</strongs>in you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7521'>accept</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>at your <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4217'>rising</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the going <strongs hebrew='3996'>down</strongs>of the same my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>; and in <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5066'>offered</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2889'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>But <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2490'>profaned</strongs>it, in that ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1351'>polluted</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='5108'>fruit</strongs>thereof, <em>even</em> his <strongs hebrew='400'>meat</strongs>, <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='959'>contemptible</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Ye <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>also, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, what a <strongs hebrew='4972 8513'>weariness</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> ! and ye have snuffed <strongs hebrew='5301'>at</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; and ye <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1497'>torn</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>; thus ye <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>: should I <strongs hebrew='7521'>accept</strongs>this of your <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But <strongs hebrew='779'>cursed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='5230'>deceiver</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='3426'>hath</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5739'>flock</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2145'>male</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5087'>voweth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificeth</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>a corrupt <strongs hebrew='7843'>thing</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>King</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3372'>dreadful</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O ye <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>lay</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, I will even <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3994'>curse</strongs>upon you, and I will <strongs hebrew='779'>curse</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessings</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='779'>cursed</strongs>them already, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>ye do <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>lay</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1605'>corrupt</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2219'>spread</strongs><strongs hebrew='6569'>dung</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='6569'>dung</strongs>of your solemn <strongs hebrew='2282'>feasts</strongs>; and <em>one</em> shall take you <strongs hebrew='5375 *853'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And ye shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, that my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3878'>Levi</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>My <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him of <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>them to him <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='4172'>fear</strongs>wherewith he <strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs>me, and was <strongs hebrew='2865'>afraid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5766'>iniquity</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4334'>equity</strongs>, and did turn many <strongs hebrew='7725 7227'>away</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5771'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, and they should <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>at his <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5493'>departed</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>; ye have caused many to <strongs hebrew='3782 7227'>stumble</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>; ye have <strongs hebrew='7843'>corrupted</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3878'>Levi</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Therefore have <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='959'>contemptible</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8217'>base</strongs>before <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, according <strongs hebrew='6310 834'>as</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, but have been <strongs hebrew='5375 6440'>partial</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Have we <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>? hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1254'>created</strongs>us? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs>do we deal <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>against his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='2490'>profaning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>hath dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='8441'>abomination</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6213'>committed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2490'>profaned</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holiness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='1166'>married</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='5236'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>god</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs>this, the <strongs hebrew='5782'>master</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6030'>scholar</strongs>, out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 168'>tabernacles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and him that <strongs hebrew='5066'>offereth</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>have ye <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='8145'>again</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3680'>covering</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1832'>tears</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='1065'>weeping</strongs>, and with crying <strongs hebrew='603'>out</strongs>, insomuch that he <strongs hebrew='6437 413'>regardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 369'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='3947'>receiveth</strongs><em>it</em> with good <strongs hebrew='7522'>will</strongs>at your <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Yet ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 4100'>Wherefore</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5921 3588'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath been <strongs hebrew='5749'>witness</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>thee and the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>, against <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>: yet <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2278'>companion</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>? Yet had he the <strongs hebrew='7605'>residue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>? That he might <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='430'>godly</strongs><strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>. Therefore take <strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs>to your <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='408'>none</strongs>deal <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>that he <strongs hebrew='8130'>hateth</strongs>putting <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>: for <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='3680'>covereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3830'>garment</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>: therefore take <strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs>to your <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>, that ye deal not <strongs hebrew='898 3808'>treacherously</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Ye have <strongs hebrew='3021'>wearied</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with your <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. Yet ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherein</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='3021'>wearied</strongs><em>him</em> ? When ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, Every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>delighteth</strongs>in them; <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>? </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='6437'>prepare</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me: and the <strongs hebrew='113'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='6597'>suddenly</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>, even the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='2655'>delight</strongs>in: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>But <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='3557'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='935'>coming</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>when he <strongs hebrew='7200'>appeareth</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> like a <strongs hebrew='6884'>refiner</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and like <strongs hebrew='3526'>fullers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='1287'>soap</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='6884'>refiner</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2891'>purifier</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>: and he shall <strongs hebrew='2891'>purify</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3878'>Levi</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2212'>purge</strongs>them as <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='1961 5066'>offer</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then shall the <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6149'>pleasant</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5769'>old</strongs>, and as in <strongs hebrew='6931'>former</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And I will come <strongs hebrew='7126'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>you to <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4116'>swift</strongs><strongs hebrew='5707'>witness</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3784'>sorcerers</strongs>, and against the <strongs hebrew='5003'>adulterers</strongs>, and against <strongs hebrew='8267'>false</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swearers</strongs>, and against those that <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppress</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7916'>hireling</strongs>in <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7939'>wages</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3490'>fatherless</strongs>, and that turn <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1616'>stranger</strongs><em>from</em> <em>his</em> <em>right</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='8138'>change</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; therefore <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Even from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>ye are gone <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>from mine <strongs hebrew='4480 2706'>ordinances</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><em>them</em> . <strongs hebrew='7725'>Return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and I will <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. But ye <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherein</strongs>shall we <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Will a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='6906'>rob</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>Yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6906'>robbed</strongs>me. But ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherein</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='6906'>robbed</strongs>thee? In <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8641'>offerings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='779'>cursed</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='3994'>curse</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6906'>robbed</strongs>me, <em>even</em> this <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='935'>Bring</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4643'>tithes</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004 214'>storehouse</strongs>, that there may <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2964'>meat</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='974'>prove</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>herewith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='699'>windows</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and pour you <strongs hebrew='7324'>out</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1293'>blessing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>that</strongs><em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <strongs hebrew='1097'>not</strongs><em>be</em> <em>room</em> <strongs hebrew='1767'>enough</strongs><em>to</em> <em>receive</em> <em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And I will <strongs hebrew='1605'>rebuke</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='398'>devourer</strongs>for your sakes, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruits</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall your <strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>cast her fruit before the <strongs hebrew='7921'>time</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>shall call you <strongs hebrew='833 *853'>blessed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2656'>delightful</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Your <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>have been <strongs hebrew='2388'>stout</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. Yet ye <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><em>so</em> <em>much</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Ye have <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, It <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7723'>vain</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1215'>profit</strongs><em>is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4931'>ordinance</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6941'>mournfully</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>call the proud <strongs hebrew='833 2086'>happy</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, they that <strongs hebrew='6213'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='7564'>wickedness</strongs>are set <strongs hebrew='1129'>up</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, <em>they</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='974'>tempt</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>are even <strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>they that <strongs hebrew='3373'>feared</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>often <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='7453'>another</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7181'>hearkened</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>it</em> , and a <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2146'>remembrance</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him for them that <strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='2803'>thought</strongs>upon his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>mine, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, in that <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='6213'>up</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5459'>jewels</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='2550 5921'>spare</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550 5921'>spareth</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5647'>serveth</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then shall ye <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>discern</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='5647'>serveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='834'>him</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5647'>serveth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
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        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>, that shall <strongs hebrew='1197'>burn</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='8574'>oven</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2086'>proud</strongs>, yea, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7564'>wickedly</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7179'>stubble</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>shall burn them <strongs hebrew='3857 *853'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>it shall <strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='8328'>root</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='6057'>branch</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>But unto you that <strongs hebrew='3373'>fear</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='8121'>Sun</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><strongs hebrew='2224'>arise</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4832'>healing</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>; and ye shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and grow <strongs hebrew='6335'>up</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='5695'>calves</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4770'>stall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And ye shall tread <strongs hebrew='6072'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='665'>ashes</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3709'>soles</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>this</em> , <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='2142'>Remember</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I commanded <strongs hebrew='6680'>unto</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='2722'>Horeb</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <em>with</em> the <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='935'>coming</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3372'>dreadful</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='2764'>curse</strongs>. </verse>
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