Certainly evildoers ( AY) prosper, ( AZ) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’” The Faithful Remnantġ6 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements ( AV) and going about like mourners ( AW) before the Lord Almighty? 15 But now we call the arrogant ( AX) blessed. “Yet you ask, ( AS) ‘What have we said against you?’ġ4 “You have said, ‘It is futile ( AT) to serve ( AU) God. ( AQ) Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against Godġ3 “You have spoken arrogantly ( AR) against me,” says the Lord. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, ( AO) for yours will be a delightful land,” ( AP) says the Lord Almighty. ( AL) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring ( AM) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe, ( AN)” says the Lord Almighty. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates ( AI) of heaven and pour out ( AJ) so much blessing ( AK) that there will not be room enough to store it. 10 Bring the whole tithe ( AG) into the storehouse, ( AH) that there may be food in my house. 9 You are under a curse ( AF)-your whole nation-because you are robbing me. “But you ask, ( AC) ‘How are we to return?’Ĩ “Will a mere mortal rob ( AD) God? Yet you rob me. Return ( AA) to me, and I will return to you,” ( AB) says the Lord Almighty.
( Y) 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away ( Z) from my decrees and have not kept them. ( X) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Breaking Covenant by Withholding TithesĦ “I the Lord do not change. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, ( Q) adulterers ( R) and perjurers, ( S) against those who defraud laborers of their wages, ( T) who oppress the widows ( U) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners ( V) among you of justice, but do not fear ( W) me,” says the Lord Almighty. ( P)ĥ “So I will come to put you on trial.
( M) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, ( N) 4 and the offerings ( O) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years. ( J) 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ( K) he will purify ( L) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. ( B) Then suddenly the Lord ( C) you are seeking will come to his temple the messenger of the covenant, ( D) whom you desire, ( E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.Ģ But who can endure ( F) the day of his coming? ( G) Who can stand ( H) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire ( I) or a launderer’s soap. 3 “I will send my messenger, ( A) who will prepare the way before me.
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