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Malachi 3:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
Malachi 3:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 From the days of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them: [a]return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts: but ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a [b]man spoil his gods? yet have ye spoiled me: but ye say, Wherein have we spoiled thee? In [c]tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have spoiled me, even this whole nation.
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- Malachi 3:7 Read Zech. 1:3.
- Malachi 3:8 There are none of the heathen so barbarous, that will defraud their gods of their honor, or deal deceitfully with them.
- Malachi 3:8 Whereby the service of God should have been maintained, and the Priests and the poor relieved.
Malachi 3:7-9
New International Version
Malachi 3:7-9
New International Version
7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(A) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(B) to me, and I will return to you,”(C) says the Lord Almighty.
“But you ask,(D) ‘How are we to return?’
8 “Will a mere mortal rob(E) God? Yet you rob me.
“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes(F) and offerings. 9 You are under a curse(G)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.
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