Malachi 3:6
4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
7 Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- for jeg, Herren, har ikke forandret meg, og dere, Jakobs barn, er ikke tilintetgjort.
- OTB
- "For jeg er Herren, jeg forandrer meg ikke; derfor er dere, Jakobs sønner, ikke fortært.
- B1930
- for jeg, Herren, har ikke forandret mig, og I, Jakobs barn, er ikke tilintetgjort.
- BSB
- “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- KJV
- For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- WEB
- “For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- ASV
- For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- DARBY
- For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- BLB
- “For I, YHWH, do not change; and you⁺, sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.
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Kryssreferanser
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Les i sammenhengHebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Les i sammenhengJames 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Les i sammenhengLamentations 3:22–23
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Les i sammenhengJeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Les i sammenhengIsaiah 40:28–31
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Les i sammenhengRomans 8:28–32
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Les i sammenhengExodus 3:14–15
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
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