1	Behold, I will send# my messenger, and he shall prepare# the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek# , shall suddenly come# to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come# , saith# the LORD of hosts.
			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:
			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.
			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. [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. [oppress: or, defraud]
			6	For I am the LORD, I change# not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed# .
			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# ?
			8	Will a man rob# God? Yet ye have robbed# me. But ye say# , Wherein have we robbed# thee? In tithes and offerings.
			9	Ye are cursed# with a curse: for ye have robbed# me, even this whole nation.
			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 . [pour...: Heb. empty out]
			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. [destroy: Heb. corrupt]
			12	And all nations shall call you blessed# : for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith# the LORD of hosts.
			13	Your words have been stout# against me, saith# the LORD. Yet ye say# , What have we spoken# so much against thee?
			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? [ordinance: Heb. observation] [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# . [are set up: Heb. are built]
			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.
			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. [jewels: or, special treasure]
			18	Then shall ye return# , and discern# between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth# God and him that serveth# him not.