1 Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ.
7 Of the rebellion,
8 sacrilege,
13 and infidelity of the people.
16 The promise of blessing to them that fear God.

I will. 2:7 4:5 Mt 11:10,11 Mr 1:2,3 Lu 1:76 7:26-28 Joh 1:6,7

and he. Isa 40:3-5 Mt 3:1-3 17:10-13 Lu 1:16,17 3:3-6 Joh 1:15-23,33,34 3:28-30 Ac 13:24,25 19:4

and. Ps 110:1 Isa 7:14 9:6 Hag 2:7-9 Lu 2:11,21-32,38,46 Lu 7:19,20 19:47 Joh 2:14-16

even. Ge 48:15,16 Ex 23:20 Isa 63:9 Ho 12:3-5 Ac 7:38

he shall come. Hag 2:7

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

who may abide. 4:1 Am 5:18-20 Mt 3:7-12 21:31-44 23:13-35 25:10 Lu 2:34 Lu 3:9,17 7:23 11:37-47,52-54 21:36 Joh 6:42-44 8:41-48,55 9:39-41 15:22-24 Ac 7:52-54 Ro 9:31-33 Ro 11:5-10 Heb 10:28,29 12:25 1Pe 2:7,8 Re 1:6,7 6:17

for. Isa 4:4 Zec 13:9 Mt 3:10-12 1Co 3:13-15 Re 2:23

like fullers'. Ps 2:7 Isa 1:18 Jer 2:22 Mr 9:3 Re 1:5 7:14 19:8

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

sit. Ps 66:10 Pr 17:3 25:4 Isa 1:25 48:10 Jer 6:28-30 Eze 22:18-22 Da 12:10 Zec 13:9 Lu 3:16 Eph 5:26,27 Tit 2:14 Heb 12:10 1Pe 1:7 4:12,13 Re 3:18

the sons. 1:6-10 2:1-8 Isa 61:6 66:19-21 Jer 33:18-22 Eze 44:15,16 Re 1:6 5:10

an. 1:11 Ps 4:5 50:14,23 69:30,31 107:21,22 116:17 141:1,2 Ho 14:2 Joh 4:23,24 Ro 12:1 15:16 Php 2:17 4:18 2Ti 4:6 Heb 13:15,16 1Pe 2:5,9

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

the offering. Isa 1:26,27 56:7 Jer 30:18-20 31:23,24 Eze 20:40,41 43:26,27 Zec 8:3 14:20,21

as. 1Ch 15:26 16:1-3 21:26 29:20-22 2Ch 1:6 7:1-3,10-12 2Ch 8:12-14 29:31-36 30:21-27 31:20,21 Jer 2:2,3

former. or, ancient.

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

I will come. 2:17 Ps 50:3-6 96:13 98:9 Eze 34:20-22 Heb 10:30,31 Jas 5:8,9 Jude 1:14,15

a swift. 2:14 Ps 50:7 81:8 Jer 29:23 Mic 1:2 Mt 23:14-35

the sorcerers. Le 20:6,10,27 De 5:11,17-21 Jer 7:9,10 Eze 22:6-12 Zec 5:3,4 1Co 6:9,10 Ga 5:19-21 Heb 13:4 Re 21:8 22:15

against those. Ex 22:21-24 Le 19:13 De 24:14,15,17 27:19 Pr 22:22,23 23:10,11 Jer 22:13-17 Jas 5:4,12

oppress. or, defraud. 1Th 4:6

fear. Ge 20:11 42:18 Ex 1:17 18:21 Ne 5:15 Ps 36:1 Pr 8:13 16:6 Lu 23:40 Ro 3:8

6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

I am. Ge 15:7,18 22:16 Ex 3:14,15 Ne 9:7,8 Isa 41:13 42:5-8 43:11,12 Isa 44:6 45:5-8 Jer 32:27 Ho 11:9

I change not. Nu 23:19 1Sa 15:29 Ps 102:26 Heb 6:18 13:8 Jas 1:17 Re 1:8 Re 22:13

therefore. Ps 78:38,57 103:17 105:7-10 Isa 40:28-31 La 3:22,23 Ro 5:10 Ro 8:28-32 11:28,29 Php 1:6 2Th 2:13,14

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

from the. De 9:7-21 31:20,27-29 Ne 9:16,17,26,28-30 Ps 78:8-10 Eze 20:8,13,21,28 Lu 11:48-51 Ac 7:51,52

Return unto me. Le 26:40-42 De 4:29-31 30:1-4 1Ki 8:47-49 Ne 1:8,9 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 3:12-14,22 Eze 18:30-32 Ho 14:1 Zec 1:3 Jas 4:8

Wherein. 13 1:6 Isa 65:2 Mt 23:27 Lu 15:16 Ro 7:9 10:3,21

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

a man. Ps 29:2 Pr 3:9,10 Mt 22:21 Mr 12:17 Lu 20:25 Ro 13:7

In. 1:8,13 Le 5:15,16 27:2-34 Nu 18:21-32 Jos 7:11 Ne 13:4-14 Ro 2:22

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

2:2 De 28:15-19 Jos 7:12,13 22:20 Isa 43:28 Hag 1:6-11 2:14-17

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

all. 2Ch 31:4-10 Ne 10:33-39 Pr 3:9,10

the storehouse. 1Ch 26:20 2Ch 31:11-19 Ne 10:38 12:44,47 13:5,10-13

and prove. 1Ki 17:13-16 Ps 37:3 Hag 2:19 Mt 6:33 2Co 9:6-8

open. Ge 7:11 De 28:12 2Ki 7:2,19

pour you out. Heb. empty out. Ec 11:3

that there. Le 26:10 2Ch 31:10 Lu 5:6,7 12:16,17 Joh 21:6-11

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

rebuke. Joe 2:20 Am 4:9 7:1-3 Hag 2:17

destroy. Heb. corrupt. neither. De 11:14 Jer 8:13 Joe 1:7,12 2:22 Hab 3:17 Zec 8:12

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

all. De 4:6,7 2Ch 32:23 Ps 72:17 Isa 61:9 Jer 33:9 Zep 3:19,20 Zec 8:23 Lu 1:48

a delightsome. De 8:7-10 11:12 Da 8:9 11:41

13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

Your. 2:17 Ex 5:2 2Ch 32:14-19 Job 34:7,8 Ps 10:11 Isa 5:19 28:14,15 Isa 37:23 2Th 2:4

What. 8 1:6-8 2:14,17 Job 40:8 Jer 8:12 Ro 9:20

14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

It is. Job 21:14,15 22:17 34:9 35:3 Ps 73:8-13 Isa 58:3 Zep 1:12

ordinance. Heb. observation. and that. Isa 58:3 Joe 2:12 Zec 7:3-6 Jas 4:9

mournfully. Heb. in black.

15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

we call. 4:1 Es 5:10 Ps 10:3 49:18 73:12 Da 4:30,37 5:20-28 Ac 12:21 1Pe 5:5

yea. 2:17 Job 12:6 21:7-15,30 Pr 12:12 Ec 9:1,2 Jer 12:1,2 Hab 1:13-17

set. Heb. built. Job 22:23

they that tempt. Nu 14:22,23 Da 6:16 Ps 78:18,41,56 95:9 106:14 Mt 4:6,7 Ac 5:9 1Co 10:9 Heb 3:9

16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

that feared. 5 4:2 Ge 22:12 1Ki 18:3,12 Job 28:28 Ps 33:18 111:10 112:1 Ps 147:11 Isa 50:10 Ac 9:31 10:2 Re 15:4

spake. De 6:6-8 1Sa 23:16-18 Es 4:5-17 Ps 16:3 66:16 73:15-17 119:63 Pr 13:20 Eze 9:4 Da 2:17,18 Lu 2:38 24:14-31 Joh 1:40-47 Joh 12:20-22 Ac 1:13 2:1 4:23-30 Eph 5:19 1Th 5:11,14 Heb 3:13 Heb 10:24 12:15

and the. 2Sa 7:1 2Ch 6:7 Ps 139:4 Mt 18:19,20 Ac 4:31-33

a book. Es 2:23 6:1 Job 19:23-25 Ps 56:8 Isa 65:6 Da 7:10 Mt 12:35-37 Re 20:12

that thought. Ps 10:4 20:7 94:19 104:33 Isa 26:3,8 Heb 4:12,13

17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

they shall. So 2:16 Jer 31:33 32:38,39 Eze 16:8 36:27,28 Zec 13:9 Joh 10:27-30 17:9,10,24 1Co 3:22,23 6:20 15:23 Ga 5:24 2Th 1:7-10 Re 20:12-15

jewels. or, special treasure. Ex 19:5 De 7:6 14:2 26:17,18 Ps 135:4 Isa 62:3,4 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:9

and I. Ne 13:22 Ps 103:8-13 Isa 26:20,21 Jer 31:20 Zep 2:2 Mt 25:34 Ro 8:32 2Co 6:18 1Jo 3:1-3

son. 1:6 1Pe 1:13-16

18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

shall. 14,15 1:4 Job 6:29 17:10 Jer 12:15 Joe 2:14 Zec 1:6

discern. Ge 18:25 Ps 58:10,11 Isa 3:10,11 Da 12:1-3 Mt 25:46 Ro 2:5,6 2Th 1:5-10

between him. Jos 24:15 Da 3:17-26 Joh 12:26 Ac 16:17 27:23 Ro 1:9, 6:16-22 1Th 1:9