Malachi 3 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

The Purifier

3 “(A)Behold, I am going to send (B)My [a]messenger, and he will [b](C)clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; [c]and the [d](D)messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts. 2 “But who can (E)endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a (F)refiner’s fire and like [e]fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will (G)purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may (H)present to the Lord [f]offerings in righteousness. 4 Then the [g]offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be (I)pleasing to the Lord as in the (J)days 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 (K)sorcerers and against the (L)adulterers and against those who (M)swear falsely, and against those who oppress the (N)wage earner in his wages, the (O)widow and the [h]orphan, and those who turn aside the [i](P)alien and do not [j]fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts. 6 “For [k]I, the Lord, (Q)do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, [l]are not consumed.

7 “From the (R)days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. (S)Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

You Have Robbed God

8 “Will a man [m]rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In (T)tithes and [n]offerings. 9 You are (U)cursed with a curse, for you are [o]robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 (V)Bring 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 (W)open for you the windows of heaven and (X)pour out for you a blessing until [q](Y)it overflows. 11 Then I will rebuke the (Z)devourer 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 “(AA)All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a (AB)delightful 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 (AC)vain to serve God; and what (AD)profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 So now we (AE)call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and (AF)escape.’”

The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who [t]feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord (AG)gave attention and heard it, and a (AH)book of remembrance was written before Him for those who [u]fear the Lord and who esteem His name. 17 “They will be (AI)Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the (AJ)day that I [v]prepare My [w](AK)own possession, and I will [x]spare them as a man [y](AL)spares his own son who serves him.” 18 So you will again (AM)distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

Footnotes

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

Cross references

  1. Malachi 3:1 : Matt 11:10, 14; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76; 7:27
  2. Malachi 3:1 : Hag 1:13; John 1:6, 7
  3. Malachi 3:1 : Is 40:3
  4. Malachi 3:1 : Is 63:9
  5. Malachi 3:2 : Is 33:14; Ezek 22:14; Rev 6:17
  6. Malachi 3:2 : Zech 13:9; Matt 3:10-12; 1 Cor 3:13-15
  7. Malachi 3:3 : Is 1:25; Dan 12:10
  8. Malachi 3:3 : Ps 4:5; 51:19
  9. Malachi 3:4 : Ps 51:17-19
  10. Malachi 3:4 : 2 Chr 7:1-3, 12
  11. Malachi 3:5 : Deut 18:10; Jer 27:9, 10
  12. Malachi 3:5 : Ezek 22:9-11
  13. Malachi 3:5 : Jer 5:2; 7:9; Zech 5:4
  14. Malachi 3:5 : Lev 19:13
  15. Malachi 3:5 : Ex 22:22-24
  16. Malachi 3:5 : Deut 27:19
  17. Malachi 3:6 : Num 23:19; James 1:17
  18. Malachi 3:7 : Jer 7:25, 26; 16:11, 12
  19. Malachi 3:7 : Zech 1:3
  20. Malachi 3:8 : Neh 13:11, 12
  21. Malachi 3:9 : Mal 2:2
  22. Malachi 3:10 : Lev 27:30; Num 18:21-24; Deut 12:6; 14:22-29; Neh 13:12
  23. Malachi 3:10 : Ps 78:23-29
  24. Malachi 3:10 : Ezek 34:26
  25. Malachi 3:10 : Lev 26:3-5
  26. Malachi 3:11 : Joel 1:4; 2:25
  27. Malachi 3:12 : Is 61:9
  28. Malachi 3:12 : Is 62:4
  29. Malachi 3:14 : Jer 2:25; 18:12
  30. Malachi 3:14 : Is 58:3
  31. Malachi 3:15 : Is 2:22; Mal 4:1
  32. Malachi 3:15 : Jer 7:10
  33. Malachi 3:16 : Ps 34:15; Jer 31:18-20
  34. Malachi 3:16 : Is 4:3; Dan 12:1
  35. Malachi 3:17 : Is 43:1
  36. Malachi 3:17 : Is 4:2
  37. Malachi 3:17 : Ex 19:5; Deut 7:6; Is 43:21; 1 Pet 2:9
  38. Malachi 3:17 : Ps 103:13
  39. Malachi 3:18 : Gen 18:25; Amos 5:15

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