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1. This is the message that the LORD gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.The LORD's Love for Israel
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2. "I have always loved you," says the LORD.
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But you retort, "Really? How have you loved us?"
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And the LORD replies, "This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,
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3. but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals."
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4. Esau's descendants in Edom may say, "We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins."
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But the LORD of Heaven's Armies replies, "They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as 'The Land of Wickedness,' and their people will be called 'The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.'
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5. When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, 'Truly, the LORD's greatness reaches far beyond Israel's borders!'"Unworthy Sacrifices
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5. When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, 'Truly, the LORD's greatness reaches far beyond Israel's borders!'"
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Unworthy Sacrifices
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6. The LORD of Heaven's Armies says to the priests: "A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
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"But you ask, 'How have we ever shown contempt for your name?'
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7. "You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.
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"Then you ask, 'How have we defiled the sacrifices?'
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"You defile them by saying the altar of the LORD deserves no respect.
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14. "Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "and my name is feared among the nations!
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7. "The words of a priest's lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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8. But you priests have left God's paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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9. "So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out my instructions."A Call to Faithfulness
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9. "So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out my instructions."
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A Call to Faithfulness
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10. Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
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16. "For I hate divorce!" says the LORD, the God of Israel. "To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife."
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17. You have wearied the LORD with your words.
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"How have we wearied him?" you ask.
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You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD's sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"
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3. He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
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4. Then once more the LORD will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as he did in the past.
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5. "At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.A Call to Repentance
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5. "At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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A Call to Repentance
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6. "I am the LORD, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
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7. Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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"But you ask, 'How can we return when we have never gone away?'
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8. "Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!
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"But you ask, 'What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?'
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"You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.
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9. You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
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10. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
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11. Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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12. "Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
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13. "You have said terrible things about me," says the LORD.
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"But you say, 'What do you mean? What have we said against you?'
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14. "You have said, 'What's the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the LORD of Heaven's Armies that we are sorry for our sins?
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15. From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.'"The LORD's Promise of Mercy
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18. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."
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6. His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse."
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