1 THE burden of the ^aword of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
 2 I have ^aloved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I ^bloved Jacob,
 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his ^aheritage ^bwaste for the ^cdragons of the wilderness.
 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
 5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
 6 ¶ A son ^ahonoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine ^bhonour ? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
 7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
 8 And if ye offer the ^ablind for ^bsacrifice , is it not evil? and if ye offer ^cthe lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
 9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I ^aaccept an offering at your hand.
 11 For from the ^arising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my ^bname shall be great among the ^cGentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
 12 ¶ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The ^atable of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
 13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have ^asnuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the ^blame , and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I ^caccept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
 14 But ^acursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is ^bdreadful among the heathen.

 1 AND now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
 2 If ye will not ^ahear , and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a ^bcurse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
 3 Behold, I will ^acorrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my ^acovenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
 5 My ^acovenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
 6 The law of ^atruth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did ^bturn many away from ^ciniquity .
 7 For the priest’s lips should keep ^aknowledge , and they should seek the ^blaw at his mouth: for he is the ^cmessenger of the LORD of hosts.
 8 But ye are ^adeparted out of the way; ye have caused many to ^bstumble at the law; ye have ^ccorrupted the ^dcovenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
 9 Therefore have I also made you ^acontemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
 10 Have we not all one ^afather ? hath not one God ^bcreated us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by ^cprofaning the covenant of our fathers?
 11 ¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath ^amarried the daughter of a ^bstrange god.
 12 The LORD will ^acut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD 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 LORD hath been witness between thee and the ^awife 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 ^aone ? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a ^bgodly ^cseed . Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the ^dwife of his youth.
 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth ^aputting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
 17 ¶ Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth ^aevil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of ^bjudgment ?

 1 BEHOLD, I will ^asend my ^bmessenger , and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly ^ccome to his ^dtemple , even the ^emessenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
 2 But who may ^aabide the ^bday of his ^ccoming ? and who shall ^dstand when he appeareth? for he is like a ^erefiner ’s ^ffire , and like fullers’ ^gsoap :
 3 And he shall sit as a ^arefiner and purifer of silver: and he shall ^bpurify the ^csons of ^dLevi , and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an ^eoffering in righteousness.
 4 Then shall the offering of ^aJudah and Jerusalem be ^bpleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
 5 And I will come near to you to ^ajudgment ; and I will be a swift witness against the ^bsorcerers , and against the ^cadulterers , and against ^dfalse swearers, and against those that ^eoppress the hireling in his ^fwages , the ^gwidow , and the fatherless, and that turn aside the ^hstranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
 6 For I am the LORD, I ^achange not; therefore ye sons of ^bJacob are not ^cconsumed .
 7 ¶ Even from the days of your ^afathers ye are gone away from mine ^bordinances , and have not kept them. ^cReturn unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
 8 ¶ ^aWill a man ^brob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In ^ctithes and offerings.
 9 Ye are ^acursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
 10 Bring ye all the ^atithes into the storehouse, that there may be ^bmeat in mine house, and ^cprove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not ^dopen you the ^ewindows of heaven, and pour you out a ^fblessing , that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
 11 And I will ^arebuke the ^bdevourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
 13 ¶ Your words have been ^astout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
 14 Ye have said, It is ^avain to serve God: and what ^bprofit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
 15 And now we call the ^aproud happy; yea, they that work ^bwickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
 16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a ^abook of ^bremembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
 17 And they shall be ^amine , saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my ^bjewels ; and I will ^cspare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
 18 Then shall ye return, and ^adiscern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

 1 ^aFOR , behold, the ^bday cometh, that shall ^cburn as an oven; and all the ^dproud , yea, and all that do ^ewickedly , shall be ^fstubble : and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor ^gbranch .
 2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the ^aSun of righteousness ^barise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the ^cstall .
 3 And ye shall ^atread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
 4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I ^acommanded unto him in ^bHoreb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
 5 ¶ Behold, I will ^asend you ^bElijah the prophet ^cbefore the coming of the ^dgreat and dreadful ^eday of the LORD:
 6 And he shall ^aturn the ^bheart of the ^cfathers to the ^dchildren , and the heart of the ^echildren to their fathers, lest I come and ^fsmite the ^gearth with a ^hcurse .