Behold, I send{H7971} my messenger,{H4397} and he shall prepare{H6437} the way{H1870} before{H6440} me: and the Lord,{H113} whom ye seek,{H1245} will suddenly{H6597} come{H935} to his temple;{H1964} and the messenger{H4397} of the covenant,{H1285} whom ye desire,{H2655} behold, he cometh,{H935} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

But who can abide{H3557} the day{H3117} of his coming?{H935} and who shall stand{H5975} when he appeareth?{H7200} for he is like a refiner's{H6884} fire,{H784} and like fuller's{H3526} soap:{H1287}

and he will sit{H3427} as a refiner{H6884} and purifier{H2891} of silver,{H3701} and he will purify{H2891} the sons{H1121} of Levi,{H3878} and refine{H2212} them as gold{H2091} and silver;{H3701} and they shall offer{H5066} unto Jehovah{H3068} offerings{H4503} in righteousness.{H6666}

Then shall the offering{H4503} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} be pleasant{H6149} unto Jehovah,{H3068} as in the days{H3117} of old,{H5769} and as in ancient{H6931} years.{H8141}

And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the 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 sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

For I, Jehovah,{H3068} change{H8138} not; therefore ye, O sons{H1121} of Jacob,{H3290} are not consumed.{H3615}

From the days{H3117} of your fathers{H1} ye have turned aside{H5493} from mine ordinances,{H2706} and have not kept{H8104} them. Return{H7725} unto me, and I will return{H7725} unto you, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} But ye say,{H559} Wherein shall we return?{H7725}

Will a man{H120} rob{H6906} God?{H430} yet ye rob{H6906} me. But ye say,{H559} Wherein have we robbed{H6906} thee? In tithes{H4643} and offerings.{H8641}

Ye are cursed{H779} with the curse;{H3994} for ye rob{H6906} me, even this whole nation.{H1471}

Bring{H935} ye the whole tithe{H4643} into the store-house,{H214} that there may be food{H2964} in my house,{H1004} and prove{H974} me now herewith,{H2063} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} if I will not open{H6605} you the windows{H699} of heaven,{H8064} and pour you out{H7324} a blessing,{H1293} that there shall not be room enough{H1767} [to receive it].

And I will rebuke{H1605} the devourer{H398} for your sakes, and he shall not destroy{H7843} the fruits{H6529} of your ground;{H127} neither shall your vine{H1612} cast its fruit{H7921} before the time in the field,{H7704} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

And all nations{H1471} shall call you happy;{H833} for ye shall be a delightsome{H2656} land,{H776} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

Your words{H1697} have been stout{H2388} against me, saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068} Yet ye say,{H559} What have we spoken{H1696} against thee?

Ye have said,{H559} It is vain{H7723} to serve{H5647} God;{H430} and what profit{H1215} is it that we have kept{H8104} his charge,{H4931} and that we have walked{H1980} mournfully{H6941} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts?{H6635}

And now we call{H833} the proud{H2086} happy;{H833} yea, they that work{H6213} wickedness{H7564} are built up;{H1129} yea, they tempt{H974} God,{H430} and escape.{H4422}

Then they that feared{H3373} Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} one{H376} with another;{H7453} and Jehovah{H3068} hearkened,{H7181} and heard,{H8085} and a book{H5612} of remembrance{H2146} was written{H3789} before{H6440} him, for them that feared{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} and that thought{H2803} upon his name.{H8034}

And they shall be mine, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} [even] mine own possession,{H5459} in the day{H3117} that I make;{H6213} and I will spare{H2550} them, as a man{H376} spareth{H2550} his own son{H1121} that serveth{H5647} him.

Then shall ye return{H7725} and discern{H7200} between the righteous{H6662} and the wicked,{H7563} between him that serveth{H5647} God{H430} and him that serveth{H5647} him not.