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Book of Malachi, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of Malachi—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ “1Behold, I am going to send 2My [a]messenger, and he will [b]3clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; [c]and the [d]4messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts.
  2. “But who can 5endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a 6refiner’s fire and like [e]fullers’ soap.
  3. He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will 7purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may 8present to the LORD [f]offerings in righteousness.
  4. Then the [g]offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be 9pleasing to the LORD as in the 10days of old and as in former years.
  5. ¶ “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the 11sorcerers and against the 12adulterers and against those who 13swear falsely, and against those who oppress the 14wage earner in his wages, the 15widow and the [h]orphan, and those who turn aside the [i]16alien and do not [j]fear Me,” says the LORD of hosts.
  6. “For [k]I, the LORD, 17do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, [l]are not consumed.
  7. ¶ “From the 18days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. 19Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
  8. ¶ “Will a man [m]rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In 20tithes and [n]offerings.
  9. You are 21cursed with a curse, for you are [o]robbing Me, the whole nation of you!
  10. 22Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [p]food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not 23open for you the windows of heaven and 24pour out for you a blessing until [q]25it overflows.
  11. Then I will rebuke the 26devourer for you, so that it will not [r]destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the LORD of hosts.
  12. “27All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a 28delightful land,” says the LORD of hosts.
  13. ¶ “Your words have been [s]arrogant against Me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
  14. You have said, ‘It is 29vain to serve God; and what 30profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
  15. So now we 31call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and 32escape.’”
  16. ¶ Then those who [t]feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD 33gave attention and heard it, and a 34book of remembrance was written before Him for those who [u]fear the LORD and who esteem His name.
  17. “They will be 35Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on the 36day that I [v]prepare My [w]37own possession, and I will [x]spare them as a man [y]38spares his own son who serves him.”
  18. So you will again 39distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or angel
  2. ^ Or prepare
  3. ^ Or even
  4. ^ Or angel
  5. ^ Lit laundrymen’s
  6. ^ Or grain offerings
  7. ^ Or grain offering
  8. ^ Or fatherless
  9. ^ Or sojourner
  10. ^ Or revere
  11. ^ Or I am the Lord; I do not
  12. ^ Or have not come to an end
  13. ^ Or defraud
  14. ^ Or heave offerings
  15. ^ Or defrauding
  16. ^ Lit prey
  17. ^ Or there is not room enough
  18. ^ Lit ruin
  19. ^ Lit strong
  20. ^ Or revere(d)
  21. ^ Or revere(d)
  22. ^ Lit make
  23. ^ Or special treasure
  24. ^ Or have (has) compassion on
  25. ^ Or have (has) compassion on

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 11:10, 14; Mr 1:2; Lu 1:76; 7:27
  2. ^ Hg 1:13; Jn 1:6, 7
  3. ^ Is 40:3
  4. ^ Is 63:9
  5. ^ Is 33:14; Eze 22:14; Re 6:17
  6. ^ Zc 13:9; Mt 3:10-12; 1Co 3:13-15
  7. ^ Is 1:25; Da 12:10
  8. ^ Ps 4:5; 51:19
  9. ^ Ps 51:17-19
  10. ^ 2Ch 7:1-3, 12
  11. ^ De 18:10; Je 27:9, 10
  12. ^ Eze 22:9-11
  13. ^ Je 5:2; 7:9; Zc 5:4
  14. ^ Le 19:13
  15. ^ Ex 22:22-24
  16. ^ De 27:19
  17. ^ Nu 23:19; Jm 1:17
  18. ^ Je 7:25, 26; 16:11, 12
  19. ^ Zc 1:3
  20. ^ Ne 13:11, 12
  21. ^ Ml 2:2
  22. ^ Le 27:30; Nu 18:21-24; De 12:6; 14:22-29; Ne 13:12
  23. ^ Ps 78:23-29
  24. ^ Eze 34:26
  25. ^ Le 26:3-5
  26. ^ Jl 1:4; 2:25
  27. ^ Is 61:9
  28. ^ Is 62:4
  29. ^ Je 2:25; 18:12
  30. ^ Is 58:3
  31. ^ Is 2:22; Ml 4:1
  32. ^ Je 7:10
  33. ^ Ps 34:15; Je 31:18-20
  34. ^ Is 4:3; Da 12:1
  35. ^ Is 43:1
  36. ^ Is 4:2
  37. ^ Ex 19:5; De 7:6; Is 43:21; 1Pe 2:9
  38. ^ Ps 103:13
  39. ^ Ge 18:25; Am 5:15

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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