3:1 "Behold,
I
send
my
messenger,
and
he
will
prepare
the
way
before
me.
And
the
Lord
whom
you
seek
will
suddenly
come
to
his
temple;
and
the
messenger
of
the
covenant
in
whom
you
delight,
behold,
he
is
coming,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts.
3:2 But
who
can
endure
the
day
of
his
coming,
and
who
can
stand
when
he
appears
For
he
is
like
a
refiner's
fire
and
like
fullers'
soap.
3:3 He
will
sit
as
a
refiner
and
purifier
of
silver,
and
he
will
purify
the
sons
of
Levi
and
refine
them
like
gold
and
silver,
and
they
will
bring
offerings
in
righteousness
to
the
LORD.
3:4 Then
the
offering
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
will
be
pleasing
to
the
LORD
as
in
the
days
of
old
and
as
in
former
years.
3:5 "Then
I
will
draw
near
to
you
for
judgment.
I
will
be
a
swift
witness
against
the
sorcerers,
against
the
adulterers,
against
those
who
swear
falsely,
against
those
who
oppress
the
hired
worker
in
his
wages,
the
widow
and
the
fatherless,
against
those
who
thrust
aside
the
sojourner,
and
do
not
fear
me,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts.
3:6 "For
I
the
LORD
do
not
change;
therefore
you,
O
children
of
Jacob,
are
not
consumed.
3:7 From
the
days
of
your
fathers
you
have
turned
aside
from
my
statutes
and
have
not
kept
them.
Return
to
me,
and
I
will
return
to
you,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts.
But
you
say,
'How
shall
we
return'
3:8 Will
man
rob
God
Yet
you
are
robbing
me.
But
you
say,
'How
have
we
robbed
you'
In
your
tithes
and
contributions.
3:9 You
are
cursed
with
a
curse,
for
you
are
robbing
me,
the
whole
nation
of
you.
3:10 Bring
the
full
tithe
into
the
storehouse,
that
there
may
be
food
in
my
house.
And
thereby
put
me
to
the
test,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
if
I
will
not
open
the
windows
of
heaven
for
you
and
pour
down
for
you
a
blessing
until
there
is
no
more
need.
3:11 I
will
rebuke
the
devourer
for
you,
so
that
it
will
not
destroy
the
fruits
of
your
soil,
and
your
vine
in
the
field
shall
not
fail
to
bear,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts.
3:12 Then
all
nations
will
call
you
blessed,
for
you
will
be
a
land
of
delight,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts.
3:13 "Your
words
have
been
hard
against
me,
says
the
LORD.
But
you
say,
'How
have
we
spoken
against
you'
3:14 You
have
said,
'It
is
vain
to
serve
God.
What
is
the
profit
of
our
keeping
his
charge
or
of
walking
as
in
mourning
before
the
LORD
of
hosts
3:15 And
now
we
call
the
arrogant
blessed.
Evildoers
not
only
prosper
but
they
put
God
to
the
test
and
they
escape.'"
3:16 Then
those
who
feared
the
LORD
spoke
with
one
another.
The
LORD
paid
attention
and
heard
them,
and
a
book
of
remembrance
was
written
before
him
of
those
who
feared
the
LORD
and
esteemed
his
name.
3:17 "They
shall
be
mine,
says
the
LORD
of
hosts,
in
the
day
when
I
make
up
my
treasured
possession,
and
I
will
spare
them
as
a
man
spares
his
son
who
serves
him.
3:18 Then
once
more
you
shall
see
the
distinction
between
the
righteous
and
the
wicked,
between
one
who
serves
God
and
one
who
does
not
serve
him.
