KJV Easy Read Bible The Coming Messenger1Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom youp seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom youp delight in: behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts. MATT 11:10; MARK 1:2; LUKE 7:27; LUKE 1:76 | Adonais.f.; agreement; Jehovahs.f. Tsebaoth 2But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 3And 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 to the Lord an offering in righteousness. refine 4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. 5And I will come near to youp 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, says the Lord of hosts. hired help; revere 6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore youp sons of Jacob are not consumed. 7Even from the days of yourp fathers youp are gone away from My ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to youp, says the Lord of hosts. But youp said, Wherein shall we return? turned Do Not Rob God8Will a man rob God? Yet youp have robbed Me. But youp say, Wherein have we robbed You? In tithes and offerings. 9Youp are cursed with a curse: for youp have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10Bring youp all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in My house, and prove Me now herewith, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open youp the windows of heaven, and pour youp out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. food; test 11And I will rebuke the devourer for yourp sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of yourp ground; neither shall yourp vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, says the Lord of hosts. 12And all nations shall call youp blessed: for youp shall be a delightful land, says the Lord of hosts. The People Complain Harshly13Yourp words have been stout against Me, says the Lord. Yet youp say, What have we spoken so much against You? arrogant 14Youp 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? 15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. test A Book of Remembrance16Then they that feared the Lord spoke 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. revered 17And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him. 18Then shall youp return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves Him not. The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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