1Behold, I send my angel, and he will prepare the way before my face. And presently the Sovereign, whom you seek, and the angel of testimony, whom you desire, will arrive at his temple. Behold, he approaches, says the Lord of hosts.

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Malachi 4:5, Malachi 4:5, Luke 1:76, Luke 1:76, Mark 1:2

2And who will be able to consider the day of his advent, and who will stand firm in order to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller’s herb.

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Zechariah 13:9, Zechariah 13:9, Isaiah 4:4, Isaiah 4:4, 1 Corinthians 3:13

3And he will sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he will purge the sons of Levi, and he will gather them like gold and like silver, and they will offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

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Isaiah 1:25, Isaiah 1:25, Proverbs 17:3, Proverbs 17:3, Hebrews 12:10

4And the sacrifice of Judah and of Jerusalem will please the Lord, just as in the days of past generations, and as in the ancient years.

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2 Chronicles 7:1, 2 Chronicles 7:3, 2 Chronicles 7:1, 2 Chronicles 7:3, Ezekiel 43:26

5And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.

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James 5:8, James 5:9, James 5:8, James 5:9, Hebrews 13:4

6For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.

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Numbers 23:19, Numbers 23:19, Hebrews 13:8, Hebrews 13:8, James 1:17

7For, from the days of your fathers, you have withdrawn from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. And you have said, “In what way, shall we return?”

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Zechariah 1:3, Zechariah 1:3, Romans 10:21, Romans 10:21, Romans 10:3

8If a man will afflict God, then you greatly afflict me. And you have said, “In what way, do we afflict you?” In tithes and in first-fruits.

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Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Matthew 22:21

9And you have been cursed with privation, and you greatly afflict me, even your entire people.

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Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:19, Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:19, Haggai 2:14

10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.

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2 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Corinthians 9:8, 2 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Matthew 6:33

11And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he will not corrupt the fruit of your land. Neither will the vine in the field be barren, says the Lord of hosts.

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Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 11:14, Joel 2:22, Joel 2:22, Amos 7:1

12And all nations will call you blessed. For you will be a desirable land, says the Lord of hosts.

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Zechariah 8:23, Isaiah 61:9, Zechariah 8:23, Isaiah 61:9, Isaiah 62:4

13Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.

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Malachi 2:17, Malachi 2:17, Romans 9:20, Isaiah 37:23, Romans 9:20

14And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?”

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Isaiah 58:3, Isaiah 58:3, Zephaniah 1:12, Job 35:3, Psalms 73:8

15Now, therefore, we call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved.

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Malachi 4:1, Malachi 4:1, Malachi 2:17, Job 21:7, Job 21:15

16Then those who fear the Lord spoke, each one with his neighbor. And the Lord paid attention and heeded. And a book of remembrance was written in his sight, for those who fear the Lord and for those who consider his name.

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Revelation 20:12, Revelation 20:12, Psalms 56:8, Psalms 56:8, Malachi 4:2

17And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.

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Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 7:6, 2 Corinthians 6:18

18And you shall be converted, and you will see the difference between the just and the impious, and between those who serve God and those who do not serve him.

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Genesis 18:25, Matthew 25:46, Genesis 18:25, Matthew 25:46, Psalms 58:10