Zechariah 9:1-17
This is the message from the Lord against the land of Aramand the city of Damascus, for the eyes of humanity, including all Israel, are upon the Lord.
Doom is certain for Hamath, near Damascus, and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon, though they're so clever.
Tyre has built a might fort and has gathered silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!
But now the Lord will strip away Tyre’s possessions and dump its fortifications into the sea, and it will be burned to the ground.
The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall and will fear. Gaza will shake, as will Ekron, for their hopes will depart. Gaza’s king will be killed, and Ashkelon will be deserted.
Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod. I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth. Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God and become like a member in Judah. The Philistines of Ekron will join my people, as the ancient Jebusites did once.
I will guard my Temple and protect it from invading armies. I am watching closely to ensure that no more gentile invaders overrun my people’s land.
Rejoice, Dear people of Zion! Shout in triumph, Dear people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet humble, riding a donkey—riding on a donkey’s colt.
I will remove military vehicles from Israel and the warhorses from Jerusalem. I will destroy all weapons used in battle, and your King will bring peace to the gentiles. His realm will stretch from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates River to the far reaches of the earth.
Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.
Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings one of your troubles.
Judah is my weapon, and Israel is my ammo. Jerusalem is my sword, and like a warrior, I will swing it against the Greeks.
The Lord will appear above his people; his arrows will fly like lightning! The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn and attack like a tornado from the southern desert.
The Lord of Armies will protect his people, and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones. They will yell in battle as though drunken. They will be filled with blood like a bowl, drenched with blood like the horns of the altar.
On that day the Lord their God will save His people, just as a shepherd rescues his sheep. They will shine in His land like jewels of a crown.
How wonderful and beautiful they'll be! The young men will thrive on abundant grain, and the young women will flourish on new wine and have many children.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to Jehovah [is] the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.)
2 And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise!
3 And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
4 Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed.
5 See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,
6 And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.
7 And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
8 And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes.
9 Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses.
10 And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations, And his rule [is] from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
11 Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.
12 Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
13 For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled [with] Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.
14 And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.
15 Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.
16 And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.
17 For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful!
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Zechariah 10:1-12
Beseech the Lord for rain when it's time for the spring rain. The Lord makes the thunderstorms. He provides rain showers -- to the vegetation of the fields.
The household idols spark idolatry, and individuals claiming special power and knowledge see lies. They interpret dreams falsely and provide worthless comfort. As a result, they wander like sheep, but they are oppressed because there is no shepherd.
My anger is fired up against the shepherds. I will punish the goats. The Lord of armies will protect His splendor, Judah. He will array them like his majestic horse in battle.
The cornerstone, the tent peg, and the weapon used in battle will come from Judah. All the oppressors will vacate Judah simultaneously.
Judah will be like warriors, trampling through muddy roads during battle. They will fight because the Lord is with them. All the cavalry will be ashamed.
I will strengthen Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God; I will respond to them.
Ephraim will be like a warrior. They will be happy as if they were drinking wine. Their children will observe and be happy. Their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
I will whistle for them and gather them, because I have redeemed them. They will be as numerous as originally.
Though I spread them among the gentiles, they will remember Me in the distant places where they reside with their children until they return.
I will return from Egypt; I will collect them from Assyria. I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon until overflowing.
He will move over the sea of distress and strike the sea with waves. All the depths will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down --- the scepter of Egypt brushed aside.
I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will maneuver in His name --- proof of God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.
2 Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, [With] vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.
3 Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.
4 From him [is] a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.
5 And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.
6 And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as [if] I had not cast them off, For I [am] Jehovah their God, And I answer them.
7 And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.
8 I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.
9 And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.
10 And I have brought them back from the land of Egypt, And from Asshur I do gather them, And unto the land of Gilead and Lebanon I do bring them in, And there is not found for them [space].
11 And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.
12 And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Beseech the Lord for rain when it's time for the spring rain. The Lord makes the thunderstorms. He provides rain showers -- to the vegetation of the fields.
The household idols spark idolatry, and individuals claiming special power and knowledge see lies. They interpret dreams falsely and provide worthless comfort. As a result, they wander like sheep, but they are oppressed because there is no shepherd.
My anger is fired up against the shepherds. I will punish the goats. The Lord of armies will protect His splendor, Judah. He will array them like his majestic horse in battle.
The cornerstone, the tent peg, and the weapon used in battle will come from Judah. All the oppressors will vacate Judah simultaneously.
Judah will be like warriors, trampling through muddy roads during battle. They will fight because the Lord is with them. All the cavalry will be ashamed.
I will strengthen Judah and deliver the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God; I will respond to them.
Ephraim will be like a warrior. They will be happy as if they were drinking wine. Their children will observe and be happy. Their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
I will whistle for them and gather them, because I have redeemed them. They will be as numerous as originally.
Though I spread them among the gentiles, they will remember Me in the distant places where they reside with their children until they return.
I will return from Egypt; I will collect them from Assyria. I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon until overflowing.
He will move over the sea of distress and strike the sea with waves. All the depths will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down --- the scepter of Egypt brushed aside.
I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will maneuver in His name --- proof of God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.
2 Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, [With] vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.
3 Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.
4 From him [is] a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.
5 And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.
6 And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as [if] I had not cast them off, For I [am] Jehovah their God, And I answer them.
7 And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.
8 I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.
9 And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.
10 And I have brought them back from the land of Egypt, And from Asshur I do gather them, And unto the land of Gilead and Lebanon I do bring them in, And there is not found for them [space].
11 And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.
12 And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!
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Zechariah 11:1-17
Swing wide your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will consume your cedars.
Shriek, cypress, for the cedar has fallen. Such lofty ones have been decimated. Scream, oaks of Bashan, for the deep woods have fallen.
The sound of screaming occurs among the shepherds because their majesty has been devastated. The sound of roaring can be heard among the young lions because the pride of the Jordan has been devastated.
This is what the Lord my God says, "Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter. Those who buy them will kill them, but they will go unpunished." Those who sell them will say, “Blessed is the Lord, because I gained wealth.” And their own shepherds won’t spare them.
In fact, I will not continue to spare those that reside in the land, says the Lord. But look what I am about to dump on humanity --- upon each of them by their neighbor’s hand and by the hand of their king: They will trample the land to pieces, but I won’t rescue anyone.
So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs for myself. I labelled one Delight; the other Harmony.
I removed 3 shepherds in one month when I grew impatient with them. Moreover, they detested me.
Then I said, “I won’t shepherd you. Let the dying die, and let what is to be removed be removed. Let those who are left devour the flesh of their neighbor.”
Then I took the staff Delight, and I chopped it up in order to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
It was broken that day. As a result, the afflicted of the flock knew that it was the Lord’s word. And I said to them, “If it appears good to you, give me my wages; but if not, then stop.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty shekels of silver.
The Lord said to me, “Put it in the Bank. They value me at too high a price.” So I took the 30 shekels of silver and deposited them in the bank of the Lord’s house.
Then I chopped up my second staff Harmony, to sever the alliance between Judah and Israel.
Then the Lord said to me, “Take on the equipment of a foolish shepherd,
Because I will soon appoint a shepherd over the land. He won’t care for those who have been lost. He won’t seek the young or heal the broken. He won’t sustain the one standing. Instead, he will devour the flesh of the fat ones, even tearing off their hooves.
Doom to foolish shepherd who ignores the flock. A sword will take his arm and his right eye. His arm will wither completely; his right eye will be blinded.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.
2 Howl, O fir, for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of Bashan, For come down hath the fenced forest,
3 A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
4 Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,
5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed [is] Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.
6 For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And lo, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbour, And into the hand of his king, And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand.'
7 And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock.
8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
9 And I say, `I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbour.'
10 And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
11 and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it [is] a word of Jehovah.
12 And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire -- thirty silverlings.
13 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them [to] the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.
14 And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
15 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.
16 For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he doth eat, And their hoofs he doth break off.
17 Wo [to] the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword [is] on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'
Swing wide your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will consume your cedars.
Shriek, cypress, for the cedar has fallen. Such lofty ones have been decimated. Scream, oaks of Bashan, for the deep woods have fallen.
The sound of screaming occurs among the shepherds because their majesty has been devastated. The sound of roaring can be heard among the young lions because the pride of the Jordan has been devastated.
This is what the Lord my God says, "Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter. Those who buy them will kill them, but they will go unpunished." Those who sell them will say, “Blessed is the Lord, because I gained wealth.” And their own shepherds won’t spare them.
In fact, I will not continue to spare those that reside in the land, says the Lord. But look what I am about to dump on humanity --- upon each of them by their neighbor’s hand and by the hand of their king: They will trample the land to pieces, but I won’t rescue anyone.
So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs for myself. I labelled one Delight; the other Harmony.
I removed 3 shepherds in one month when I grew impatient with them. Moreover, they detested me.
Then I said, “I won’t shepherd you. Let the dying die, and let what is to be removed be removed. Let those who are left devour the flesh of their neighbor.”
Then I took the staff Delight, and I chopped it up in order to break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
It was broken that day. As a result, the afflicted of the flock knew that it was the Lord’s word. And I said to them, “If it appears good to you, give me my wages; but if not, then stop.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty shekels of silver.
The Lord said to me, “Put it in the Bank. They value me at too high a price.” So I took the 30 shekels of silver and deposited them in the bank of the Lord’s house.
Then I chopped up my second staff Harmony, to sever the alliance between Judah and Israel.
Then the Lord said to me, “Take on the equipment of a foolish shepherd,
Because I will soon appoint a shepherd over the land. He won’t care for those who have been lost. He won’t seek the young or heal the broken. He won’t sustain the one standing. Instead, he will devour the flesh of the fat ones, even tearing off their hooves.
Doom to foolish shepherd who ignores the flock. A sword will take his arm and his right eye. His arm will wither completely; his right eye will be blinded.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.
2 Howl, O fir, for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of Bashan, For come down hath the fenced forest,
3 A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
4 Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,
5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed [is] Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.
6 For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And lo, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbour, And into the hand of his king, And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand.'
7 And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock.
8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
9 And I say, `I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbour.'
10 And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
11 and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it [is] a word of Jehovah.
12 And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire -- thirty silverlings.
13 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them [to] the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.
14 And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
15 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.
16 For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he doth eat, And their hoofs he doth break off.
17 Wo [to] the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword [is] on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'
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Zechariah 12:1-14
A message regarding Israel's future came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who expanded the heavens, established the underpinnings of the earth, and created the human spirit.
I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink which causes the neighboring counties to stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah.
At that time I will make Jerusalem an unshakable rock. All the nations will rally against it to try to move it, however; they will only injure themselves."
One day,” says the Lord, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.
And the clans of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people of Jerusalem have found strength in the Lord of Armies, their God.
At that time I will make the clans of Judah like a fire that ignites a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations on all sides, while the people living in Jerusalem remain safe.
The Lord will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not receive greater honor than the rest of Judah.
At that time the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will seem like God, like the angel of the Lord who moves ahead of them!
For at that time I will start destroying all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look at me whom they have pierced and weep for Him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for Him as for a firstborn son who has died.
The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem at that time will be like the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
All Israel will mourn, each tribe alone, and with the husbands withdrawn from their wives. The ancestors of David will mournfully become withdrawn, as also kin of Nathan,
the kin of Levi, and that of Shimei.
Each of the surviving tribes from Judah will mournfully become withdrawn, and with the husbands apart from their wives.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
2 Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.
3 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.
4 In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I do smite every horse with astonishment, And its rider with madness, And on the house of Judah I open My eyes, And every horse of the peoples I smite with blindness.
5 And leaders of Judah have said in their heart, `Strength to me [are] the inhabitants of Jerusalem, In Jehovah of Hosts their God.'
6 In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed -- on the right and on the left -- all the peoples round about, And Jerusalem hath inhabited again her place in Jerusalem.
7 And saved hath Jehovah the tents of Judah first, So that become not great against Judah Doth the beauty of the house of David, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.
8 In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God -- As a messenger of Jehovah -- before them.
9 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
10 And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.
11 In that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,
12 And mourned hath the land -- every family apart, The family of the house of David apart, And their women apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, And their women apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, And their women apart; The family of Shimei apart, And their women apart,
14 All the families that are left, Every family apart, and their women apart!
A message regarding Israel's future came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who expanded the heavens, established the underpinnings of the earth, and created the human spirit.
I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink which causes the neighboring counties to stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah.
At that time I will make Jerusalem an unshakable rock. All the nations will rally against it to try to move it, however; they will only injure themselves."
One day,” says the Lord, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.
And the clans of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people of Jerusalem have found strength in the Lord of Armies, their God.
At that time I will make the clans of Judah like a fire that ignites a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations on all sides, while the people living in Jerusalem remain safe.
The Lord will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not receive greater honor than the rest of Judah.
At that time the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will seem like God, like the angel of the Lord who moves ahead of them!
For at that time I will start destroying all the nations that attack Jerusalem.
Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look at me whom they have pierced and weep for Him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for Him as for a firstborn son who has died.
The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem at that time will be like the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
All Israel will mourn, each tribe alone, and with the husbands withdrawn from their wives. The ancestors of David will mournfully become withdrawn, as also kin of Nathan,
the kin of Levi, and that of Shimei.
Each of the surviving tribes from Judah will mournfully become withdrawn, and with the husbands apart from their wives.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The burden of a word of Jehovah on Israel. An affirmation of Jehovah, Stretching out heaven, and founding earth, And forming the spirit of man in his midst.
2 Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.
3 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples, All loading it are completely pressed down, And gathered against it have been all nations of the earth.
4 In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I do smite every horse with astonishment, And its rider with madness, And on the house of Judah I open My eyes, And every horse of the peoples I smite with blindness.
5 And leaders of Judah have said in their heart, `Strength to me [are] the inhabitants of Jerusalem, In Jehovah of Hosts their God.'
6 In that day I make the leaders of Judah As a hearth of fire among trees, And as a torch of fire in a sheaf, And they have consumed -- on the right and on the left -- all the peoples round about, And Jerusalem hath inhabited again her place in Jerusalem.
7 And saved hath Jehovah the tents of Judah first, So that become not great against Judah Doth the beauty of the house of David, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.
8 In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God -- As a messenger of Jehovah -- before them.
9 And it hath come to pass, in that day, I seek to destroy all the nations Who are coming in against Jerusalem,
10 And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.
11 In that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,
12 And mourned hath the land -- every family apart, The family of the house of David apart, And their women apart; The family of the house of Nathan apart, And their women apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, And their women apart; The family of Shimei apart, And their women apart,
14 All the families that are left, Every family apart, and their women apart!
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Zechariah 13:1-9
"When that time arrives,” says the Lord Almighty, “a fountain will spring up to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.
At that time I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and no one will think of them ever again. I will eliminate anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own parents will tell him that he must be executed, because he claimed to speak the Lord's word, but spread only lies. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.
When that time arrives, no prophet will value his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.
Instead, he will say, ‘I am no prophet. I am a farmer—I have farmed all my life.’
Then if someone asks him, ‘What are those wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘I got them at a friend's house.’
The Lord Almighty says, “Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd working for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people
and throughout the 2/3's of the people will die.
And I will test the 1/3 that survives and will purify them as silver is refined in fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 In that day there is a fountain opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For sin and for impurity.
2 And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I cut off the names of the idols from the land, And they are not remembered any more, And also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I cause to pass away from the land.
3 And it hath been, when one prophesieth again, That said unto him have his father and his mother, his parents, `Thou dost not live, For falsehood thou hast spoken in the name of Jehovah,' And pierced him through have his father and his mother, his parents, in his prophesying.
4 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.
5 And [one] hath said, `I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.'
6 And [one] hath said unto him, `What [are] these wounds in thy hands?' And he hath said, `Because I was smitten [at] home by my lovers.'
7 Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero -- My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
8 And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it.
9 And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it [is],' And it saith, `Jehovah [is] my God!'
"When that time arrives,” says the Lord Almighty, “a fountain will spring up to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.
At that time I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and no one will think of them ever again. I will eliminate anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own parents will tell him that he must be executed, because he claimed to speak the Lord's word, but spread only lies. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.
When that time arrives, no prophet will value his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.
Instead, he will say, ‘I am no prophet. I am a farmer—I have farmed all my life.’
Then if someone asks him, ‘What are those wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘I got them at a friend's house.’
The Lord Almighty says, “Wake up, sword, and attack the shepherd working for me! Kill him, and the sheep will be scattered. I will attack my people
and throughout the 2/3's of the people will die.
And I will test the 1/3 that survives and will purify them as silver is refined in fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 In that day there is a fountain opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For sin and for impurity.
2 And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I cut off the names of the idols from the land, And they are not remembered any more, And also the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness I cause to pass away from the land.
3 And it hath been, when one prophesieth again, That said unto him have his father and his mother, his parents, `Thou dost not live, For falsehood thou hast spoken in the name of Jehovah,' And pierced him through have his father and his mother, his parents, in his prophesying.
4 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.
5 And [one] hath said, `I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.'
6 And [one] hath said unto him, `What [are] these wounds in thy hands?' And he hath said, `Because I was smitten [at] home by my lovers.'
7 Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero -- My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
8 And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it.
9 And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it [is],' And it saith, `Jehovah [is] my God!'
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Zechariah 14:1-21
For I will bring all the countries against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured and the houses stripped and the women raped. Half of the city will be exiled, but the remainder of the people will stay.
Then the Lord will go out and fight those countries as He fights when at war.
On that day His feet will remain on the Mount of Olives, which is to the east of Jerusalem. And from east to west the Mount of Olives will be split in two halves by a very great valley so that one half moves to the north and the other to the south.
And you will flee to my mountain valley, for the mountain valley will reach to Azal. You will flee just like from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will arrive with all His holy ones to assist you.
And on that day there will be no light. The lighting will dim.
And there will be one day recognized by the Lord, neither during the day nor the night, but at the evening time there will be light.
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the Dead Sea and the other half to the Mediterranean Sea. This will occur for both the summer and the winter.
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. In that day it will be—“The Lord is one,” and His name is one.
All the land will be flattened from Geba to Rimmon to the south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem will rise and remain in her place from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the Old Gate, to the Corner Gate, and then from the Tower of Hananel to the winepress of the king.
And people will reside there, and she will never again be staged for destruction. Jerusalem will reside in security.
And there will come a p;ague with which the Lord will strike all the gentiles who war against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot where they stand. Their eyes will rot out, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Then at that time from the Lord will come on them great destruction as each person will seize the hand of his neighbor, and the hand of one will be raised against the hand of another.
And even Judah will fight with Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding countries will be collected --- a great abundance of gold, silver, and garments.
This plague will also affect the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and any other animals that are in the camp. It will happen.
Then it will be that all the nations who went to attack Jerusalem and survived will go up each year to worship the King, the Lord of armies, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
And it will happen that if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of armies, will get no rain.
If the family of Egypt does not go up and enter in, they shall have no rain. This will be the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations who don't participate in the Feast of Tabernacles.
On that day “HOLY TO THE LORD” will be engraved on the bells of the horses. And the pots in the house of the Lord will be as the basins before the altar.
And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts so that all who come to sacrifice will take from those pots and boil the meat in them. And at that time there will no longer be merchandising allowed regarding the temple of the Lord of armies.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst.
2 And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
3 And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
4 And stood have His feet, in that day, On the mount of Olives, That [is] before Jerusalem eastward, And cleft hath been the mount of Olives at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And removed hath the half of the mount towards the north. And its half towards the south.
5 And ye have fled [to] the valley of My mountains, For join doth the valley of the mountains to Azal, And ye have fled as ye fled before the shaking, In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, And come in hath Jehovah my God, All holy ones [are] with Thee.
6 And it hath come to pass, in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,
7 And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time -- there is light.
8 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Go forth do living waters from Jerusalem, Half of them unto the eastern sea, And half of them unto the western sea, In summer and in winter it is.
9 And Jehovah hath become king over all the land, In that day there is one Jehovah, and His name one.
10 Changed is all the land as a plain, From Gebo to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, And she hath been high, and hath dwelt in her place, Even from the gate of Benjamin To the place of the first gate, unto the front gate, And from the tower of Hananeel, Unto the wine-vats of the king.
11 And they have dwelt in her, And destruction is no more, And Jerusalem hath dwelt confidently.
12 And this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.
13 And it hath come to pass, in that day, A great destruction [from] Jehovah is among them, And they have seized each the hand of his neighbour, And gone up hath his hand against the hand of his neighbour.
14 And also Judah is fought with in Jerusalem, And gathered hath been the force of all the nations round about, Gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so is the plague of the horse, of the mule, Of the camel, and of the ass, And of all the cattle that are in these camps, As this plague.
16 And it hath come to pass, Every one who hath been left of all the nations, Who are coming in against Jerusalem, They have also gone up from year to year, To bow themselves to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, And to celebrate the feast of the booths.
17 And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, nor come in, Then not on them is the plague With which Jehovah doth plague the nations That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.
19 This is the punishment of the sin of Egypt, And the punishment of the sin of all the nations, That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.
20 In that day there is on bells of the horse, `Holy to Jehovah,' And the pots in the house of Jehovah Have been as bowls before the altar.
21 And every pot in Jerusalem, and in Judah, Have been holy to Jehovah of Hosts, And all those sacrificing have come in, And have taken of them, and boiled in them, And there is no merchant any more in the house of Jehovah of Hosts in that day!
For I will bring all the countries against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured and the houses stripped and the women raped. Half of the city will be exiled, but the remainder of the people will stay.
Then the Lord will go out and fight those countries as He fights when at war.
On that day His feet will remain on the Mount of Olives, which is to the east of Jerusalem. And from east to west the Mount of Olives will be split in two halves by a very great valley so that one half moves to the north and the other to the south.
And you will flee to my mountain valley, for the mountain valley will reach to Azal. You will flee just like from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will arrive with all His holy ones to assist you.
And on that day there will be no light. The lighting will dim.
And there will be one day recognized by the Lord, neither during the day nor the night, but at the evening time there will be light.
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the Dead Sea and the other half to the Mediterranean Sea. This will occur for both the summer and the winter.
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. In that day it will be—“The Lord is one,” and His name is one.
All the land will be flattened from Geba to Rimmon to the south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem will rise and remain in her place from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the Old Gate, to the Corner Gate, and then from the Tower of Hananel to the winepress of the king.
And people will reside there, and she will never again be staged for destruction. Jerusalem will reside in security.
And there will come a p;ague with which the Lord will strike all the gentiles who war against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot where they stand. Their eyes will rot out, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Then at that time from the Lord will come on them great destruction as each person will seize the hand of his neighbor, and the hand of one will be raised against the hand of another.
And even Judah will fight with Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding countries will be collected --- a great abundance of gold, silver, and garments.
This plague will also affect the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and any other animals that are in the camp. It will happen.
Then it will be that all the nations who went to attack Jerusalem and survived will go up each year to worship the King, the Lord of armies, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
And it will happen that if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of armies, will get no rain.
If the family of Egypt does not go up and enter in, they shall have no rain. This will be the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations who don't participate in the Feast of Tabernacles.
On that day “HOLY TO THE LORD” will be engraved on the bells of the horses. And the pots in the house of the Lord will be as the basins before the altar.
And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts so that all who come to sacrifice will take from those pots and boil the meat in them. And at that time there will no longer be merchandising allowed regarding the temple of the Lord of armies.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst.
2 And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.
3 And gone forth hath Jehovah, And He hath fought against those nations, As in the day of His fighting in a day of conflict.
4 And stood have His feet, in that day, On the mount of Olives, That [is] before Jerusalem eastward, And cleft hath been the mount of Olives at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And removed hath the half of the mount towards the north. And its half towards the south.
5 And ye have fled [to] the valley of My mountains, For join doth the valley of the mountains to Azal, And ye have fled as ye fled before the shaking, In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, And come in hath Jehovah my God, All holy ones [are] with Thee.
6 And it hath come to pass, in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,
7 And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time -- there is light.
8 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Go forth do living waters from Jerusalem, Half of them unto the eastern sea, And half of them unto the western sea, In summer and in winter it is.
9 And Jehovah hath become king over all the land, In that day there is one Jehovah, and His name one.
10 Changed is all the land as a plain, From Gebo to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, And she hath been high, and hath dwelt in her place, Even from the gate of Benjamin To the place of the first gate, unto the front gate, And from the tower of Hananeel, Unto the wine-vats of the king.
11 And they have dwelt in her, And destruction is no more, And Jerusalem hath dwelt confidently.
12 And this is the plague with which Jehovah Doth plague all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem, He hath consumed away its flesh, And it is standing on its feet, And its eyes are consumed in their holes, And its tongue is consumed in their mouth.
13 And it hath come to pass, in that day, A great destruction [from] Jehovah is among them, And they have seized each the hand of his neighbour, And gone up hath his hand against the hand of his neighbour.
14 And also Judah is fought with in Jerusalem, And gathered hath been the force of all the nations round about, Gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15 And so is the plague of the horse, of the mule, Of the camel, and of the ass, And of all the cattle that are in these camps, As this plague.
16 And it hath come to pass, Every one who hath been left of all the nations, Who are coming in against Jerusalem, They have also gone up from year to year, To bow themselves to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, And to celebrate the feast of the booths.
17 And it hath come to pass, That he who doth not go up of the families of the land unto Jerusalem, To bow himself to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, Even on them there is no shower.
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, nor come in, Then not on them is the plague With which Jehovah doth plague the nations That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.
19 This is the punishment of the sin of Egypt, And the punishment of the sin of all the nations, That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.
20 In that day there is on bells of the horse, `Holy to Jehovah,' And the pots in the house of Jehovah Have been as bowls before the altar.
21 And every pot in Jerusalem, and in Judah, Have been holy to Jehovah of Hosts, And all those sacrificing have come in, And have taken of them, and boiled in them, And there is no merchant any more in the house of Jehovah of Hosts in that day!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Malachi 1:1-14
The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, "Where's the proof?" The Lord declares. "Was not Esau Jacob’s brother and yet I loved Jacob (Israel);
but by comparison with My love for Jacob was as hatred of Esau (Edom), and I have designated his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the wild jackals.”
Though poor Edom says, "We have been beaten, but we will come back and rebuild the ruins." The Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will refer to it as an evil place, the people against whom the Lord is forever unfair."
Your own eyes will see this and you will say, “The Lord is great and shall be praised beyond Israel's mere borders!”
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the reverence and respect due Me?" says the Lord of armies to you, poor priests, who despise My name saying, "How have we done such?"
You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, "How have we defiled You?" By thinking that the table of the Lord is inconsequential and may be ignored.
When you priests present the blind, lame and sick animals for sacrifice, is it not evil? Offer such things to your rulers (as a gift or in place of taxes). Would there be pleased with you and receive you graciously?” says the Lord of armies.
“But can you gain God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us with such offerings by your hand, will He demonstrate favor to you?” says the Lord of armies.
"Oh, that there were even one among you who would lock the gates, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar with worthless pretense! I am not pleased,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will not accept an offering from your hand.
Because from dawn to dusk, My name shall be great among the nations. Everywhere incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of armies.
But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’
You also say, ‘What a burden!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it, and you bring what was stolen, and the lame or the sick sacrifices you have offered! Should I receive it with pleasure from your hand?” says the Lord of armies.
"But cursed is the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows to present it, but instead sacrifices to the Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is to be respected throughout all the countries.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:
2 I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?'
3 Is not Esau Jacob's brother? -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.
4 Because Edom saith, `We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,' Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And [men] have called to them, `O region of wickedness,' `O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.'
5 And your eyes do see, and ye say, `Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,
6 A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] Mine honour? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?'
7 Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: `In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: `The table of Jehovah -- it [is] despicable,'
8 And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, `There is no evil,' And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, `There is no evil;' Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor -- Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts.
9 And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts.
10 Who [is] even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
11 For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great [is] My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great [is] My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
12 And ye are polluting it in your saying, `The table of Jehovah -- it is polluted, As to its fruit -- despicable is its food.'
13 And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.
14 And cursed [is] a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king [am] I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name [is] revered among nations!
The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, "Where's the proof?" The Lord declares. "Was not Esau Jacob’s brother and yet I loved Jacob (Israel);
but by comparison with My love for Jacob was as hatred of Esau (Edom), and I have designated his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the wild jackals.”
Though poor Edom says, "We have been beaten, but we will come back and rebuild the ruins." The Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will refer to it as an evil place, the people against whom the Lord is forever unfair."
Your own eyes will see this and you will say, “The Lord is great and shall be praised beyond Israel's mere borders!”
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the reverence and respect due Me?" says the Lord of armies to you, poor priests, who despise My name saying, "How have we done such?"
You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, "How have we defiled You?" By thinking that the table of the Lord is inconsequential and may be ignored.
When you priests present the blind, lame and sick animals for sacrifice, is it not evil? Offer such things to your rulers (as a gift or in place of taxes). Would there be pleased with you and receive you graciously?” says the Lord of armies.
“But can you gain God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us with such offerings by your hand, will He demonstrate favor to you?” says the Lord of armies.
"Oh, that there were even one among you who would lock the gates, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar with worthless pretense! I am not pleased,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will not accept an offering from your hand.
Because from dawn to dusk, My name shall be great among the nations. Everywhere incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of armies.
But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’
You also say, ‘What a burden!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it, and you bring what was stolen, and the lame or the sick sacrifices you have offered! Should I receive it with pleasure from your hand?” says the Lord of armies.
"But cursed is the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows to present it, but instead sacrifices to the Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is to be respected throughout all the countries.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:
2 I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, `In what hast Thou loved us?'
3 Is not Esau Jacob's brother? -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.
4 Because Edom saith, `We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,' Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And [men] have called to them, `O region of wickedness,' `O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.'
5 And your eyes do see, and ye say, `Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,
6 A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I [am] a father, where [is] Mine honour? And if I [am] a master, where [is] My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?'
7 Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: `In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: `The table of Jehovah -- it [is] despicable,'
8 And when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, `There is no evil,' And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, `There is no evil;' Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor -- Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts.
9 And now, appease, I pray thee, the face of God, And He doth favour us; From your own hand hath this been, Doth He accept of you appearances? Said Jehovah of Hosts.
10 Who [is] even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
11 For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great [is] My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great [is] My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
12 And ye are polluting it in your saying, `The table of Jehovah -- it is polluted, As to its fruit -- despicable is its food.'
13 And ye have said, `Lo, what a weariness,' And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.
14 And cursed [is] a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king [am] I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name [is] revered among nations!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Malachi 2:1-17
“Now, you priests, this commandment is directed at you.
If you will not listen, and not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the Lord of armies, "I will send a curse upon you and curse your blessings. In fact, I've already cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.
I rebuke your descendants, and spread poop on your faces, the elimination from your solemn feasts, and you will be taken away with it.
And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that My covenant with Levi may remain," says the Lord of armies.
My covenant with him was for life and peace, and I gave them to him. With reverence he regarded Me, and he was devoted regarding My name. True instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of armies.
But you have left the path. You have caused many to fall short of law. You have violated the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of armies.
So I have caused you to be hated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in application of the law.
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God fabricated us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has wedded the daughter of a foreign god.
May the Lord cut off from the homes of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, teacher and student, yet who brings an offering to the Lord of armies.
This is the 2nd thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and wailing, because He no longer regards the offering, nor accepts it with good will from your hand.
Yet you say, “Why?” It is because the Lord has been an observer regarding you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce; for it covers one’s flesh in violence, says the Lord of armies. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal faithlessly.
You have tired the Lord with your mere words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone committing evil is good in the Lord's site, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And now, to you [is] this charge, O priests,
2 If ye hearken not, and if ye lay [it] not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying [it] to heart.
3 Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.
4 And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
5 My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.
6 The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.
7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he [is].
8 And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
9 And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?
11 Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted -- from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.
13 And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand.
14 And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.
15 And He did not make one [only], And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy
youth, None doth deal treacherously.
16 For [I] hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He [who] hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer [is] good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where [is] the God of judgment?'
“Now, you priests, this commandment is directed at you.
If you will not listen, and not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the Lord of armies, "I will send a curse upon you and curse your blessings. In fact, I've already cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.
I rebuke your descendants, and spread poop on your faces, the elimination from your solemn feasts, and you will be taken away with it.
And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that My covenant with Levi may remain," says the Lord of armies.
My covenant with him was for life and peace, and I gave them to him. With reverence he regarded Me, and he was devoted regarding My name. True instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of armies.
But you have left the path. You have caused many to fall short of law. You have violated the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of armies.
So I have caused you to be hated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in application of the law.
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God fabricated us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has wedded the daughter of a foreign god.
May the Lord cut off from the homes of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, teacher and student, yet who brings an offering to the Lord of armies.
This is the 2nd thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and wailing, because He no longer regards the offering, nor accepts it with good will from your hand.
Yet you say, “Why?” It is because the Lord has been an observer regarding you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce; for it covers one’s flesh in violence, says the Lord of armies. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal faithlessly.
You have tired the Lord with your mere words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone committing evil is good in the Lord's site, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And now, to you [is] this charge, O priests,
2 If ye hearken not, and if ye lay [it] not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying [it] to heart.
3 Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.
4 And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
5 My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.
6 The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.
7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he [is].
8 And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
9 And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?
11 Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted -- from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.
13 And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand.
14 And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.
15 And He did not make one [only], And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy
youth, None doth deal treacherously.
16 For [I] hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He [who] hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer [is] good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where [is] the God of judgment?'
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Malachi 3:1-18
See! I am sending my messenger, and he will stage the way before me. Then the Lord you are awaiting suddenly will arrive to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you await with earnest, is absolutely coming,” says the Lord of Armies.
“But who will be able to take it when He arrives? Who will be able to look at Him when He appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like professional soap that whitens clothes.
He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away impurities. He will refining the Levites like gold and silver, so that they may again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord.
Then once more the Lord will accept the offerings brought to Him by Judah and Jerusalem, as He once did.
At that time I will place you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers, adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive foreigners living among you of justice, for these people have no regard of Me,” says the Lord of armies.
"I am the Lord, and I never change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have ignored My decrees and failed to obey them. Now come to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never left?’
Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!
But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’
You have cheated me of tithes and offerings due to me.
You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
Bring all the tithes into the treasury so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out showers of blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Give Me a chance
Your crops will be abundant. I will protect them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not rot before they are ripe,” says the Lord of armies.
“Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be wonderful,” says the Lord of armies.
“You have said ugly things regarding Me,” says the Lord.
“But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’
“You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying His commands or making any attempt to say to the Lord of armies that we are sorry for our sins?
From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who commit evil gain wealth, and those who dare God to punish them suffer nothing.’”
Those who regard the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to what they said. Before Him a journal was written to record the names of those who regard Him and always considered the honor of His name.
“They will be my people,” says the Lord of armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be My own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked --- those serving God and those who do not.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.
2 And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
3 And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
4 And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
6 For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, `In what do we turn back?'
8 Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
9 With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it.
10 Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.
11 And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
12 And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.
13 Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'
14 Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
15 And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
16 Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.
17 And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.
18 And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
See! I am sending my messenger, and he will stage the way before me. Then the Lord you are awaiting suddenly will arrive to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you await with earnest, is absolutely coming,” says the Lord of Armies.
“But who will be able to take it when He arrives? Who will be able to look at Him when He appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like professional soap that whitens clothes.
He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away impurities. He will refining the Levites like gold and silver, so that they may again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord.
Then once more the Lord will accept the offerings brought to Him by Judah and Jerusalem, as He once did.
At that time I will place you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers, adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive foreigners living among you of justice, for these people have no regard of Me,” says the Lord of armies.
"I am the Lord, and I never change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.
Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have ignored My decrees and failed to obey them. Now come to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never left?’
Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!
But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’
You have cheated me of tithes and offerings due to me.
You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
Bring all the tithes into the treasury so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out showers of blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Give Me a chance
Your crops will be abundant. I will protect them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not rot before they are ripe,” says the Lord of armies.
“Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be wonderful,” says the Lord of armies.
“You have said ugly things regarding Me,” says the Lord.
“But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’
“You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying His commands or making any attempt to say to the Lord of armies that we are sorry for our sins?
From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who commit evil gain wealth, and those who dare God to punish them suffer nothing.’”
Those who regard the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to what they said. Before Him a journal was written to record the names of those who regard Him and always considered the honor of His name.
“They will be my people,” says the Lord of armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be My own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked --- those serving God and those who do not.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.
2 And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
3 And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
4 And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
6 For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, `In what do we turn back?'
8 Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
9 With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it.
10 Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.
11 And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
12 And declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.
13 Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'
14 Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
15 And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
16 Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name.
17 And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.
18 And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Malachi 4:1-6
“Observe, the day will arrive, raging like a furnace, and all the proud/self-righteous, and every evildoer shall be kindling; and the day that is coming shall set them ablaze,” says the Lord of Armies, “leaving them neither root or twig.
But for you who regard My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap like happy calves released from the stall.
You will smash the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of Your feet on the day that I accomplish this,” says the Lord of armies.
“Thoughtfully regard the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on Mount Horeb to hand Israel.
Observe, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the coming of that great and horrific day of the Lord.
He will turn the hearts of the fathers towards their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with total destruction.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
2 And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.
3 And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel -- statutes and judgments.
5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
6 And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!
“Observe, the day will arrive, raging like a furnace, and all the proud/self-righteous, and every evildoer shall be kindling; and the day that is coming shall set them ablaze,” says the Lord of Armies, “leaving them neither root or twig.
But for you who regard My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap like happy calves released from the stall.
You will smash the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of Your feet on the day that I accomplish this,” says the Lord of armies.
“Thoughtfully regard the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on Mount Horeb to hand Israel.
Observe, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the coming of that great and horrific day of the Lord.
He will turn the hearts of the fathers towards their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with total destruction.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
2 And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.
3 And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel -- statutes and judgments.
5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
6 And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!