Malachi Chapter v1

 

1:1 The oracle of the word of יַהְוֶה to Israel through Malachi. v2 "I have loved you," says יַהְוֶה. But you say, "How hast Thou loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares יַהְוֶה. "Yet I have loved Jacob; v3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation, and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness." v4 Though Edom says, "We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins"; thus says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom יַהְוֶה is indignant forever." v5 And your eyes will see this and you will say, "יַהְוֶה be magnified beyond the border of Israel!" v6 "'A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?' says יַהְוֶה of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, 'How have we despised Thy name?' v7 "You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, 'How have we defiled Thee?' In that you say, 'The table of יַהְוֶה is to be despised.' v8 "But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?" says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v9 "But now will you not entreat the Almighty's favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?" says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v10 "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "nor will I accept an offering from you. v11 "For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v12 "But you are profaning it, in that you say, 'The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.' v13 "You also say, 'My, how tiresome it is!' And you disdainfully sniff at it," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "and you bring what was taken by robbery, and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?" says יַהְוֶה. v14 "But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock, and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "and My name is feared among the nations."

 

Malachi Chapter v2

 

2:1 "And now, this commandment is for you, O priests. v2 "If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart. v3 "Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. v4 "Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant may continue with Levi," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v5 "My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he revered Me, and stood in awe of My name. v6 "True instruction was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity. v7 "For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of יַהְוֶה of hosts. v8 "But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v9 "So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways, but are showing partiality in the instruction. v10 "Do we not all have one father? Has not one Almighty created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? v11 "Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of יַהְוֶה which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. v12 "As for the man who does this, may יַהְוֶה cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers, or who presents an offering to יַהְוֶה of hosts. v13 "And this is another thing you do: you cover the altar of יַהְוֶה with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. v14 "Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because יַהְוֶה has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. v15 "But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then, to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth. v16 "For I hate divorce," says יַהְוֶה, the Almighty of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously." v17 You have wearied יַהְוֶה with your words. Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of יַהְוֶה, and He delights in them," or, "Where is the Almighty of justice?"

 

Malachi Chapter v3

 

3:1 "Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. v3 "And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to יַהְוֶה offerings in righteousness. v4 "Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to יַהְוֶה, as in the days of old and as in former years. v5 "Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien, and do not fear Me," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v6 "For I, יַהְוֶה, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. v7 "From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?' v8 "Will a man rob the Almighty? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and offerings. v9 "You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! v10 "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. v11 "Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it may not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v12 "And all the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v13 "Your words have been arrogant against Me," says יַהְוֶה. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against Thee?' v14 "You have said, 'It is vain to serve the Almighty; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before יַהְוֶה of hosts? v15 'So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test the Almighty and escape.'" v16 Then those who feared יַהְוֶה spoke to one another, and יַהְוֶה gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear יַהְוֶה and who esteem His name. v17 "And they will be Mine," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him." v18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves the Almighty and one who does not serve Him.

 

Malachi Chapter v4

 

4:1 "For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says יַהְוֶה of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch." v2 "But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. v3 "And you will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says יַהְוֶה of hosts. v4 "Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel. v5 "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of יַהְוֶה. v6 "And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse."