Dual Panel1"Behold<2009>, I am going to send<7971> My messenger<4397>, and he will clear<6437> the way<1870> before<6440> Me. And the Lord<113>, whom<834> you seek<1245>, will suddenly<6597> come<935> to His temple<1964>; and the messenger<4397> of the covenant<1285>, in whom<834> you delight<2655>, behold<2009>, He is coming<935>," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>.
2"But who<4310> can endure<3557> the day<3117> of His coming<935>? And who<4310> can stand<5975> when He appears<7200>? For He is like a refiner's<6884> fire<784> and like fullers'<3526> soap<1287>.
3"He will sit<3427> as a smelter<6884> and purifier<2891> of silver<3701>, and He will purify<2891> the sons<1121> of Levi<3878> and refine<2212> them like gold<2091> and silver<3701>, so that they may present<5066> to the LORD<3068> offerings<4503> in righteousness<6666>.
4"Then the offering<4503> of Judah<3063> and Jerusalem<3389> will be pleasing<6149> to the LORD<3068> as in the days<3117> of old<5769> and as in former<6931> years<8141>.
5"Then I will draw<7126> near<7126> to you for judgment<4941>; and I will be a swift<4116> witness<5707> against the sorcerers<3784> and against the adulterers<5003> and against those who swear<7650> falsely<8267>, and against those who oppress<6231> the wage<7916> earner<7916> in his wages<7939>, the widow<490> and the orphan<3490>, and those who turn<5186> aside<5186> the alien<1616> and do not fear<3372> Me," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>.
6"For I, the LORD<3068>, do not change<8132>; therefore you, O sons<1121> of Jacob<3290>, are not consumed<3615>.
7"From the days<3117> of your fathers<1> you have turned<5493> aside<5493> from My statutes<2706> and have not kept<8104> them. Return<7725> to Me, and I will return<7725> to you," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>. "But you say<559>, 'How<4100> shall we return<7725>?'
8"Will a man<120> rob<6906> God<430>? Yet<3588> you are robbing<6906> Me! But you say<559>, 'How<4100> have we robbed<6906> You?' In tithes<4643> and offerings<8641>.
9"You are cursed<779> with a curse<3994>, for you are robbing<6906> Me, the whole<3605> nation<1471> of you!
10"Bring<935> the whole<3605> tithe<4643> into the storehouse<214>, so that there may be food<2964> in My house<1004>, and test<974> Me now<4994> in this<2088>," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>, "if<518> I will not open<6605> for you the windows<699> of heaven<8064> and pour<7385> out for you a blessing<1293> until<5704> it overflows<1097><1767>.
11"Then I will rebuke<1605> the devourer<398> for you, so that it will not destroy<7843> the fruits<6529> of the ground<127>; nor<3808> will your vine<1612> in the field<7704> cast<7921> its grapes," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>.
12"All<3605> the nations<1471> will call<833> you blessed<833>, for you shall be a delightful<2656> land<776>," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>.
13"Your words<1697> have been<2388> arrogant<2388> against<5921> Me," says<559> the LORD<3068>. "Yet you say<559>, 'What<4100> have we spoken<1696> against<5921> You?'
14"You have said<559>, 'It is vain<7723> to serve<5647> God<430>; and what<4100> profit<1215> is it that we have kept<8104> His charge<4931>, and that we have walked<1980> in mourning<6941> before<4480><6440> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>?
15'So now<6258> we call<833> the arrogant<2086> blessed<833>; not only<1571> are the doers<6213> of wickedness<7564> built<1129> up but they also<1571> test<974> God<430> and escape<4422>.'"
16Then<227> those who feared<3372> the LORD<3068> spoke<1696> to one<376> another<7453>, and the LORD<3068> gave<7181> attention<7181> and heard<8085> it, and a book<5612> of remembrance<2146> was written<3789> before<6440> Him for those who fear<3372> the LORD<3068> and who esteem<2803> His name<8034>.
17"They will be Mine," says<559> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>, "on the day<3117> that I prepare<6213> My own possession<5459>, and I will spare<2550> them as a man<376> spares<2550> his own son<1121> who serves<5647> him."
18So you will again<7725> distinguish<7200> between<996> the righteous<6662> and the wicked<7563>, between<996> one who serves<5647> God<430> and one who<834> does not serve<5647> Him.