Behold, I will send
my messenger,
and he shall prepare
the way
before
me: and the Lord,
whom ye seek,
shall suddenly
come
to his temple,
even the messenger
of the covenant,
whom ye delight
in: behold, he shall come,
saith
the LORD
of hosts.
But who may abide
the day
of his coming?
and who shall stand
when he appeareth?
for he is like a refiner's
fire,
and like fullers'
soap:
lay down
ὑποστήσεται
hypostēsetai
smelting-furnace
χωνευτηρίου
chōneutēriou
grass
πόα
poa
And he shall sit
as a refiner
and purifier
of silver:
and he shall purify
the sons
of Levi,
and purge
them as gold
and silver,
that they may offer
unto the LORD
an offering
in righteousness.
cast into a mould
χωνεύων
chōneuōn
pour out
χεεῖ
cheei
Then shall the offering
of Judah
and Jerusalem
be pleasant
unto the LORD,
as in the days
of old,
and as in former
years.
And I will come near
to you to judgment;
and I will be a swift
witness
against the sorcerers,
and against the adulterers,
and against false
swearers,
and against those that oppress
the hireling
in his wages,
the widow,
and the fatherless,
and that turn aside
the stranger
from his right, and fear
not me, saith
the LORD
of hosts.
pummel
κονδυλίζοντας
kondylizontas
For I am the LORD,
I change
not; therefore ye sons
of Jacob
are not consumed.
Even from the days
of your fathers
ye are gone away
from mine ordinances,
and have not kept
them. Return
unto me, and I will return
unto you, saith
the LORD
of hosts.
But ye said,
Wherein shall we return?
legalities
νόμιμά
nomima
say
Will a man
rob
God?
Yet ye have robbed
me. But ye say,
Wherein have we robbed
thee? In tithes
and offerings.
strike with the heel
πτερνιεῖ
pterniei
strike with the heel
πτερνίζετέ
pternizete
strike with the heel
ἐπτερνίκαμέν
epternikamen
one in ten
ἐπιδέκατα
epidekata
Ye are cursed
with a curse:
for ye have robbed
me, even this whole nation.
Bring
ye all the tithes
into the storehouse,
that there may be meat
in mine house,
and prove
me now herewith,
saith
the LORD
of hosts,
if I will not open
you the windows
of heaven,
and pour you out
a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough
to receive it.
produce
ἐκφόρια
ekphoria
plunder
διαρπαγὴ
diarpagē
cataract
καταρράκτας
katarraktas
And I will rebuke
the devourer
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.
And all nations
shall call you blessed:
for ye shall be a delightsome
land,
saith
the LORD
of hosts.
Your words
have been stout
against me, saith
the LORD.
Yet ye say,
What have we spoken
so much against thee?
Ye have said,
It is vain
to serve
God:
and what profit
is it that we have kept
his ordinance,
and that we have walked
mournfully
before
the LORD
of hosts?
say
observance
φυλάγματα
phylagmata
one who comes to seek protection
ἱκέται
hiketai
And now we call
the proud
happy;
yea, they that work
wickedness
are set up;
yea, they that tempt
God
are even delivered.
Then they that feared
the LORD
spake often
one
to another:
and the LORD
hearkened,
and heard
it, and a book
of remembrance
was written
before
him for them that feared
the LORD,
and that thought
upon his name.
And they shall be mine, saith
the LORD
of hosts,
in that day
when I make up
my jewels;
and I will spare
them, as a man
spareth
his own son
that serveth
him.
Then shall ye return,
and discern
between the righteous
and the wicked,
between him that serveth
God
and him that serveth
him not.
