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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Malachi 3 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/malachi/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/malachi/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Malachi 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../malachi/2.htm" title="Malachi 2">◄</a> Malachi 3 <a href="../malachi/4.htm" title="Malachi 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/malachi/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">The Purifier</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Behold, I am going to send My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>messenger, and he will prepare <i>and</i> clear the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s soap [which removes impurities and uncleanness]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi [the priests], and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD [grain] offerings in righteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in ancient years. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and <i>against</i> those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the LORD of hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“For I am the LORD, I do not change [but remain faithful to My covenant with you]; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, have not come to an end. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Yet from the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes <i>and</i> ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ <p class="hdg">You Have Robbed God</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings [you have withheld]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, this whole nation! <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Bring all the tithes (the tenth) into the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>storehouse, so that there may be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you [so great] a blessing until there is no more room to receive it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then I will rebuke the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>devourer (insects, plague) for your sake and he will not destroy the fruits of the ground, nor will your vine in the field drop <i>its grapes</i> [before harvest],” says the LORD of hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“All nations shall call you happy <i>and</i> blessed, for you shall be a land of delight,” says the LORD of hosts. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Your words have been harsh against Me,” says the LORD. “But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What profit is it if we keep His ordinances, and walk around like mourners before the LORD of hosts? <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So now we call the arrogant happy <i>and</i> blessed. Evildoers are exalted <i>and</i> prosper; and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].’” <p class="hdg">The Book of Remembrance</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then those who feared the LORD [with awe-filled reverence] spoke to one another; and the LORD paid attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who fear the LORD [with an attitude of reverence and respect] and who esteem His name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on that day when I publicly recognize them <i>and</i> openly declare them to be My own possession [that is, My very special treasure]. And I will have compassion on them <i>and</i> spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve Him.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> This is fulfilled in John the Baptist (Matt 11:10; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> The Messiah as God’s representative will confirm and establish the covenant (see Is 42:6).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> In ancient times special storehouses were established in the temple to receive the tithes of the harvest. 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