Malachi 3:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹² Then all nations will count you happy, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

¹³ You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ ¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?