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+ <!DOCTYPE crossway-bible SYSTEM "schema/crossway.bibles.dtd">
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+ <crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd">
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+ <book title="Malachi" num="39">
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001001"/>
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+ <chapter num="1">
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">The oracle of the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to Israel by Malachi.<note nid="n39001001.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001002"/>
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+ <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s Love for Israel</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="a" cid="c39001002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="39001002.1" from="39001002.1" to="39001002.2"/>I have loved you,<q class="end-double" qid="39001002.2" from="39001002.1" to="39001002.2"/> says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="b" cid="c39001002.2"/>But you say, <q class="begin-double" qid="39001002.3" from="39001002.3" to="39001002.4"/>How have you loved us?<q class="end-double" qid="39001002.4" from="39001002.3" to="39001002.4"/> <q class="begin-double" qid="39001002.5" from="39001002.5" to="39001002.6"/>Is not Esau <crossref let="c" cid="c39001002.3"/>Jacob&apos;s brother?<q class="end-double" qid="39001002.6" from="39001002.5" to="39001002.6"/> declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <q class="begin-double" qid="39001002.7" from="39001002.7" to="39001003.1"/>Yet <crossref let="d" cid="c39001002.4"/>I have loved Jacob</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">but Esau I have hated. <crossref let="e" cid="c39001003.1"/>I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.<q class="end-double" qid="39001003.1" from="39001002.7" to="39001003.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">If Edom says, <q class="begin-double" qid="39001004.1" from="39001004.1" to="39001004.2"/>We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,<q class="end-double" qid="39001004.2" from="39001004.1" to="39001004.2"/> the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts says, <q class="begin-double" qid="39001004.3" from="39001004.3" to="39001004.8"/>They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called <q class="begin-single" qid="39001004.4" from="39001004.4" to="39001004.5"/>the wicked country,<q class="end-single" qid="39001004.5" from="39001004.4" to="39001004.5"/> and <q class="begin-single" qid="39001004.6" from="39001004.6" to="39001004.7"/>the people with whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is angry forever.<q class="end-single" qid="39001004.7" from="39001004.6" to="39001004.7"/><q class="end-double" qid="39001004.8" from="39001004.3" to="39001004.8"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001005"/>
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+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="f" cid="c39001005.1"/>Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, <q class="begin-double" qid="39001005.1" from="39001005.1" to="39001005.2"/>Great is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> beyond the border of Israel!<q class="end-double" qid="39001005.2" from="39001005.1" to="39001005.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001006"/>
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+ <heading>The Priests&apos; Polluted Offerings</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="g" cid="c39001006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="39001006.1" from="39001006.1" to="39002009.1"/>A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am <crossref let="h" cid="c39001006.2"/>a father, where is my honor? And if I am <crossref let="i" cid="c39001006.3"/>a master, where is my fear? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. <crossref let="b" cid="c39001006.4"/>But you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="39001006.2" from="39001006.2" to="39001006.3"/>How have we despised your name?<q class="end-single" qid="39001006.3" from="39001006.2" to="39001006.3"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="j" cid="c39001007.1"/>By offering polluted food upon my altar. <crossref let="b" cid="c39001007.2"/>But you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="39001007.1" from="39001007.1" to="39001007.2"/>How have we polluted you?<q class="end-single" qid="39001007.2" from="39001007.1" to="39001007.2"/> By saying that <crossref let="k" cid="c39001007.3"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s table may be despised.</verse>
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+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="l" cid="c39001008.1"/>When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <verse num="9">And now <crossref let="m" cid="c39001009.1"/>entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, <crossref let="n" cid="c39001009.2"/>will he show favor to any of you? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="o" cid="c39001010.1"/>Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="p" cid="c39001010.2"/>and I will not accept an offering from your hand.</verse>
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+ <verse num="11">For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name <crossref let="q" cid="c39001011.1"/>will be<note nid="n39001011.1"/> great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name <crossref let="q" cid="c39001011.2"/>will be great among the nations, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">But you profane it when you say that <crossref let="r" cid="c39001012.1"/>the Lord&apos;s table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">But you say, <crossref let="s" cid="c39001013.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="39001013.1" from="39001013.1" to="39001013.2"/>What a weariness this is,<q class="end-single" qid="39001013.2" from="39001013.1" to="39001013.2"/> and you snort at it, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. <crossref let="t" cid="c39001013.2"/>You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39001014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">Cursed be the cheat who has <crossref let="u" cid="c39001014.1"/>a male in his flock, and <crossref let="v" cid="c39001014.2"/>vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For <crossref let="w" cid="c39001014.3"/>I am a great King, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and my name <crossref let="x" cid="c39001014.4"/>will be feared among the nations.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002001"/>
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+ <chapter num="2">
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+ <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Rebukes the Priests</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="39002001.1" from="39001006.1" to="39002009.1"/>And now, <crossref let="y" cid="c39002001.1"/>O priests, <crossref let="z" cid="c39002001.2"/>this command is for you.</verse>
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+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="a" cid="c39002002.1"/>If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, then I will send <crossref let="b" cid="c39002002.2"/>the curse upon you and I will curse <crossref let="c" cid="c39002002.3"/>your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">Behold, <crossref let="d" cid="c39002003.1"/>I will rebuke your offspring,<note nid="n39002003.1"/> and <crossref let="e" cid="c39002003.2"/>spread dung on your faces, the <crossref let="f" cid="c39002003.3"/>dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.<note nid="n39002003.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">So shall you know that I have sent <crossref let="g" cid="c39002004.1"/>this command to you, that <crossref let="h" cid="c39002004.2"/>my covenant with Levi may stand, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">My covenant with him was one of life and <crossref let="i" cid="c39002005.1"/>peace, and I gave them to him. <crossref let="j" cid="c39002005.2"/>It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.</verse>
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+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="k" cid="c39002006.1"/>True instruction<note nid="n39002006.1"/> was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he <crossref let="l" cid="c39002006.2"/>turned many from iniquity.</verse>
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+ <verse num="7">For <crossref let="m" cid="c39002007.1"/>the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people<note nid="n39002007.1"/> should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">But you have turned aside from the way. <crossref let="n" cid="c39002008.1"/>You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted <crossref let="o" cid="c39002008.2"/>the covenant of Levi, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</verse>
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+ <verse num="9">and so <crossref let="p" cid="c39002009.1"/>I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but <crossref let="q" cid="c39002009.2"/>show partiality in your instruction.<q class="end-double" qid="39002009.1" from="39001006.1" to="39002009.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002010"/>
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+ <heading>Judah Profaned the Covenant</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="10">Have we not all <crossref let="r" cid="c39002010.1"/>one Father? Has not <crossref let="s" cid="c39002010.2"/>one God created us? Why then are we <crossref let="t" cid="c39002010.3"/>faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?</verse>
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+ <verse num="11">Judah has been <crossref let="t" cid="c39002011.1"/>faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For <crossref let="u" cid="c39002011.2"/>Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.</verse>
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+ <verse num="12">May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant<note nid="n39002012.1"/> of the man who does this, who <crossref let="v" cid="c39002012.1"/>brings an offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts!</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="13">And this second thing you do. <crossref let="w" cid="c39002013.1"/>You cover the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.</verse>
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+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="x" cid="c39002014.1"/>But you say, <q class="begin-double" qid="39002014.1" from="39002014.1" to="39002014.2"/>Why does he not?<q class="end-double" qid="39002014.2" from="39002014.1" to="39002014.2"/> Because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="y" cid="c39002014.2"/>was witness between you and the wife of your youth, <crossref let="z" cid="c39002014.3"/>to whom <crossref let="t" cid="c39002014.4"/>you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39002015"/>
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+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="a" cid="c39002015.1"/>Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?<note nid="n39002015.1"/> And what was the one God<note nid="n39002015.2"/> seeking?<note nid="n39002015.3"/> <crossref let="b" cid="c39002015.2"/>Godly offspring. So guard yourselves<note nid="n39002015.4"/> in your spirit, and let none of you be <crossref let="t" cid="c39002015.3"/>faithless to the wife of your youth.</verse>
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+ <verse num="16"><q class="begin-double" qid="39002016.1" from="39002016.1" to="39002016.2"/>For <crossref let="c" cid="c39002016.1"/>the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,<note nid="n39002016.1"/> says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, covers<note nid="n39002016.2"/> his garment with violence, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and <crossref let="t" cid="c39002016.2"/>do not be faithless.<q class="end-double" qid="39002016.2" from="39002016.1" to="39002016.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <heading>The Messenger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="d" cid="c39002017.1"/>You have wearied the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> with your words. <crossref let="x" cid="c39002017.2"/>But you say, <q class="begin-double" qid="39002017.1" from="39002017.1" to="39002017.2"/>How have we wearied him?<q class="end-double" qid="39002017.2" from="39002017.1" to="39002017.2"/> <crossref let="e" cid="c39002017.3"/>By saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="39002017.3" from="39002017.3" to="39002017.4"/>Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and he delights in them.<q class="end-double" qid="39002017.4" from="39002017.3" to="39002017.4"/> Or by asking, <crossref let="f" cid="c39002017.4"/><q class="begin-double" qid="39002017.5" from="39002017.5" to="39002017.6"/>Where is the God of justice?<q class="end-double" qid="39002017.6" from="39002017.5" to="39002017.6"/></verse>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="3">
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+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="g" cid="c39003001.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="39003001.1" from="39003001.1" to="39003015.2"/>Behold, I send <crossref let="h" cid="c39003001.2"/>my messenger, and <crossref let="i" cid="c39003001.3"/>he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord <crossref let="j" cid="c39003001.4"/>whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and <crossref let="k" cid="c39003001.5"/>the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <verse num="2">But <crossref let="l" cid="c39003002.1"/>who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For <crossref let="m" cid="c39003002.2"/>he is like a refiner&apos;s fire and like fullers&apos; soap.</verse>
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+ <verse num="3">He will sit <crossref let="n" cid="c39003003.1"/>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 <crossref let="o" cid="c39003003.2"/>offerings in righteousness to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<note nid="n39003003.1"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="p" cid="c39003004.1"/>Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> as in the days of old and as in former years.</verse>
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+ <verse num="5"><q class="continue-double" qid="39003005.1" from="39003001.1" to="39003015.2"/>Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be <crossref let="q" cid="c39003005.1"/>a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those <crossref let="r" cid="c39003005.2"/>who oppress the hired worker in his wages, <crossref let="s" cid="c39003005.3"/>the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <heading>Robbing God</heading>
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+ <verse num="6"><q class="continue-double" qid="39003006.1" from="39003001.1" to="39003015.2"/>For <crossref let="t" cid="c39003006.1"/>I the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> do not change; <crossref let="u" cid="c39003006.2"/>therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="v" cid="c39003007.1"/>From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. <crossref let="w" cid="c39003007.2"/>Return to me, and I will return to you, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts. <crossref let="x" cid="c39003007.3"/>But you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="39003007.1" from="39003007.1" to="39003007.2"/>How shall we return?<q class="end-single" qid="39003007.2" from="39003007.1" to="39003007.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. <crossref let="x" cid="c39003008.1"/>But you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="39003008.1" from="39003008.1" to="39003008.2"/>How have we robbed you?<q class="end-single" qid="39003008.2" from="39003008.1" to="39003008.2"/> <crossref let="y" cid="c39003008.2"/>In your tithes and contributions.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003009"/>
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+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="z" cid="c39003009.1"/>You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="a" cid="c39003010.1"/>Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby <crossref let="b" cid="c39003010.2"/>put me to the test, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, if I will not open <crossref let="c" cid="c39003010.3"/>the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">I will rebuke <crossref let="d" cid="c39003011.1"/>the devourer<note nid="n39003011.1"/> 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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">Then <crossref let="e" cid="c39003012.1"/>all nations will call you blessed, for you will be <crossref let="f" cid="c39003012.2"/>a land of delight, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003013"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="g" cid="c39003013.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="39003013.1" from="39003001.1" to="39003015.2"/>Your words have been hard against me, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="h" cid="c39003013.2"/>But you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="39003013.2" from="39003013.2" to="39003013.3"/>How have we spoken against you?<q class="end-single" qid="39003013.3" from="39003013.2" to="39003013.3"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">You have said, <crossref let="i" cid="c39003014.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="39003014.1" from="39003014.1" to="39003015.1"/>It is vain to serve God. <crossref let="j" cid="c39003014.2"/>What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">And now we call <crossref let="k" cid="c39003015.1"/>the arrogant blessed. <crossref let="k" cid="c39003015.2"/>Evildoers not only prosper but <crossref let="l" cid="c39003015.3"/>they put God to the test and they escape.<q class="end-single" qid="39003015.1" from="39003014.1" to="39003015.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="39003015.2" from="39003001.1" to="39003015.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003016"/>
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+ <heading>The Book of Remembrance</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="16">Then those who feared the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="m" cid="c39003016.1"/>spoke with one another. The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> paid attention and heard them, and <crossref let="n" cid="c39003016.2"/>a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and esteemed his name.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003017"/>
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+ <verse num="17"><q class="begin-double" qid="39003017.1" from="39003017.1" to="39004006.1"/>They shall be mine, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="o" cid="c39003017.1"/>in the day when I make up <crossref let="p" cid="c39003017.2"/>my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39003018"/>
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+ <verse num="18">Then once more you shall <crossref let="q" cid="c39003018.1"/>see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39004001"/>
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+ <chapter num="4">
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+ <heading>The Great Day of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1"><note nid="n39004001.1"/> <q class="continue-double" qid="39004001.1" from="39003017.1" to="39004006.1"/>For behold, <crossref let="r" cid="c39004001.1"/>the day is coming, <crossref let="s" cid="c39004001.2"/>burning like an oven, when <crossref let="t" cid="c39004001.3"/>all the arrogant and <crossref let="t" cid="c39004001.4"/>all evildoers <crossref let="u" cid="c39004001.5"/>will be stubble. The day that is coming <crossref let="u" cid="c39004001.6"/>shall set them ablaze, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39004002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">But for you <crossref let="v" cid="c39004002.1"/>who fear my name, <crossref let="w" cid="c39004002.2"/>the sun <crossref let="x" cid="c39004002.3"/>of righteousness shall rise <crossref let="y" cid="c39004002.4"/>with healing in its wings. You shall go out <crossref let="z" cid="c39004002.5"/>leaping like calves from the stall.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39004003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, <crossref let="a" cid="c39004003.1"/>on the day when I act, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39004004"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="b" cid="c39004004.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="39004004.1" from="39003017.1" to="39004006.1"/>Remember <crossref let="c" cid="c39004004.2"/>the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules<note nid="n39004004.1"/> that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39004005"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="d" cid="c39004005.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="39004005.1" from="39003017.1" to="39004006.1"/>Behold, I will send you <crossref let="e" cid="c39004005.2"/>Elijah the prophet <crossref let="f" cid="c39004005.3"/>before the great and awesome day of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> comes.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v39004006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">And he will <crossref let="g" cid="c39004006.1"/>turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and <crossref let="h" cid="c39004006.2"/>strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.<q class="end-double" qid="39004006.1" from="39003017.1" to="39004006.1"/><note nid="n39004006.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ </book>
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+ </crossway-bible>