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ye done again, covering the altar of the L
ORD
with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch
that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth
it
with good will at your hand.
14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the L
ORD
hath been witness between thee and the wife of
thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet
is
she thy companion, and the wife of
thy covenant.
15
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one?
That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously
against the wife of his youth.
16
For the L
ORD
, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away:
for
one
covereth violence with his garment, saith the L
ORD
of hosts: therefore take heed to your
spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17
Ye have wearied the L
ORD
with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied
him?
When
ye say, Every one that doeth evil
is
good in the sight of the L
ORD
, and he delighteth in them; or,
Where
is
the God of judgment?
CHAPTER 3
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom
ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight
in: behold, he shall come, saith the L
ORD
of hosts.
2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and
who shall stand when he appeareth? for he
is
like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ sope:
3
And he
shall sit
as
a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as
gold and silver, that they may offer unto the L
ORD
an offering in righteousness.
4
Then shall the
offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the L
ORD
, as in the days of old, and as in former
years.
5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers,
and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling
in
his
wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger
from his right,
and fear
not me, saith the L
ORD
of hosts.
6
For I
am
the L
ORD
, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
7
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept
them.
Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the L
ORD
of hosts. But ye said, Wherein
shall we return?
8
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In
tithes and offerings.
9
Ye
are
cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me,
even
this whole nation.
10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me
now herewith, saith the L
ORD
of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you
out a blessing, that
there shall
not
be room
enough
to receive it.
11
And I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
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