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   <v n='1'><s n="2009">Behold</s>, I will <s n="7971">send</s> my <s n="4397">messenger</s>, and he shall <s n="6437">prepare</s> the <s n="1870">way</s> <s n="6440">before</s> me: and the <s n="113">Lord</s>, <s n="834">whom</s> <s n="859">ye</s> <s n="1245">seek</s>, shall <s n="6597">suddenly</s> <s n="935">come</s> <s n="413">to</s> his <s n="1964">temple</s>, even the <s n="4397">messenger</s> of the <s n="1285">covenant</s>, <s n="834">whom</s> <s n="859">ye</s> <s n="2655">delight</s> in: <s n="2009">behold</s>, he shall <s n="935">come</s>, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'>But <s n="4310">who</s> may <s n="3557">abide</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3117">day</s> of his <s n="935">coming</s>? and <s n="4310">who</s> shall <s n="5975">stand</s> when he <s n="7200">appeareth</s>? <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="1931">he</s> is like a <s n="6884">refiner</s> 's <s n="784">fire</s>, and like <s n="3526">fullers</s> ' <s n="1287">soap</s>: </v>
   <v n='3'>And he shall <s n="3427">sit</s> as a <s n="6884">refiner</s> and <s n="2891">purifier</s> of <s n="3701">silver</s>: and he shall <s n="2891">purify</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="3878">Levi</s>, and <s n="2212">purge</s> them as <s n="2091">gold</s> and <s n="3701">silver</s>, that they may <s n="1961 5066">offer</s> unto the <s n="3068">LORD</s> an <s n="4503">offering</s> in <s n="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'>Then shall the <s n="4503">offering</s> of <s n="3063">Judah</s> and <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s> be <s n="6149">pleasant</s> unto the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, as in the <s n="3117">days</s> of <s n="5769">old</s>, and as in <s n="6931">former</s> <s n="8141">years</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>And I will come <s n="7126">near</s> <s n="413">to</s> you to <s n="4941">judgment</s>; and I will <s n="1961">be</s> a <s n="4116">swift</s> <s n="5707">witness</s> against the <s n="3784">sorcerers</s>, and against the <s n="5003">adulterers</s>, and against <s n="8267">false</s> <s n="7650">swearers</s>, and against those that <s n="6231">oppress</s> the <s n="7916">hireling</s> in his <s n="7939">wages</s>, the <s n="490">widow</s>, and the <s n="3490">fatherless</s>, and that turn <s n="5186">aside</s> the <s n="1616">stranger</s> from his right, and <s n="3372">fear</s> <s n="3808">not</s> me, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="589">I</s> am the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, I <s n="8138">change</s> <s n="3808">not</s>; therefore <s n="859">ye</s> <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="3290">Jacob</s> are <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="3615">consumed</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>Even from the <s n="4480 3117">days</s> of your <s n="1">fathers</s> ye are gone <s n="5493">away</s> from mine <s n="4480 2706">ordinances</s>, and have <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="8104">kept</s> them. <s n="7725">Return</s> <s n="413">unto</s> me, and I will <s n="7725">return</s> <s n="413">unto</s> you, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>. But ye <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="4100">Wherein</s> shall we <s n="7725">return</s>? </v>
   <v n='8'>Will a <s n="120">man</s> <s n="6906">rob</s> <s n="430">God</s>? <s n="3588">Yet</s> <s n="859">ye</s> have <s n="6906">robbed</s> me. But ye <s n="559">say</s>, <s n="4100">Wherein</s> have we <s n="6906">robbed</s> thee? In <s n="4643">tithes</s> and <s n="8641">offerings</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'><s n="859">Ye</s> are <s n="779">cursed</s> with a <s n="3994">curse</s>: for <s n="859">ye</s> have <s n="6906">robbed</s> me, even this <s n="3605">whole</s> <s n="1471">nation</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="935">Bring</s> ye <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4643">tithes</s> <s n="413">into</s> the <s n="1004 214">storehouse</s>, that there may <s n="1961">be</s> <s n="2964">meat</s> in mine <s n="1004">house</s>, and <s n="974">prove</s> me <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="2063">herewith</s>, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>, <s n="518">if</s> I will <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="6605">open</s> you <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="699">windows</s> of <s n="8064">heaven</s>, and pour you <s n="7324">out</s> a <s n="1293">blessing</s>, <s n="5704">that</s> there shall <s n="1097">not</s> be room <s n="1767">enough</s> to receive it. </v>
   <v n='11'>And I will <s n="1605">rebuke</s> the <s n="398">devourer</s> for your sakes, and he shall <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="7843">destroy</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="6529">fruits</s> of your <s n="127">ground</s>; <s n="3808">neither</s> shall your <s n="1612">vine</s> cast her fruit before the <s n="7921">time</s> in the <s n="7704">field</s>, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>And <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="1471">nations</s> shall call you <s n="833 *853">blessed</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="859">ye</s> shall <s n="1961">be</s> a <s n="2656">delightful</s> <s n="776">land</s>, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'>Your <s n="1697">words</s> have been <s n="2388">stout</s> <s n="5921">against</s> me, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s>. Yet ye <s n="559">say</s>, <s n="4100">What</s> have we <s n="1696">spoken</s> so much <s n="5921">against</s> thee? </v>
   <v n='14'>Ye have <s n="559">said</s>, It is <s n="7723">vain</s> to <s n="5647">serve</s> <s n="430">God</s>: and <s n="4100">what</s> <s n="1215">profit</s> is it <s n="3588">that</s> we have <s n="8104">kept</s> his <s n="4931">ordinance</s>, and <s n="3588">that</s> we have <s n="1980">walked</s> <s n="6941">mournfully</s> <s n="4480 6440">before</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>? </v>
   <v n='15'>And <s n="6258">now</s> <s n="587">we</s> call the proud <s n="833 2086">happy</s>; <s n="1571">yea</s>, they that <s n="6213">work</s> <s n="7564">wickedness</s> are set <s n="1129">up</s>; <s n="1571">yea</s>, they that <s n="974">tempt</s> <s n="430">God</s> are even <s n="4422">delivered</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="227">Then</s> they that <s n="3373">feared</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="1696">spoke</s> often <s n="376">one</s> <s n="854">to</s> <s n="7453">another</s>: and the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="7181">hearkened</s>, and <s n="8085">heard</s> it, and a <s n="5612">book</s> of <s n="2146">remembrance</s> was <s n="3789">written</s> <s n="6440">before</s> him for them that <s n="3372">feared</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s>, and that <s n="2803">thought</s> upon his <s n="8034">name</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'>And they shall <s n="1961">be</s> mine, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> of <s n="6635">hosts</s>, in that <s n="3117">day</s> <s n="834">when</s> <s n="589">I</s> make <s n="6213">up</s> my <s n="5459">jewels</s>; and I will <s n="2550 5921">spare</s> them, <s n="834">as</s> a <s n="376">man</s> <s n="2550 5921">spareth</s> his own <s n="1121">son</s> that <s n="5647">serveth</s> him. </v>
   <v n='18'>Then shall ye <s n="7725">return</s>, and <s n="7200">discern</s> <s n="996">between</s> the <s n="6662">righteous</s> and the <s n="7563">wicked</s>, <s n="996">between</s> him that <s n="5647">serveth</s> <s n="430">God</s> and <s n="834">him</s> that <s n="5647">serveth</s> him <s n="3808">not</s>. </v>
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