Malachi 3:7
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.
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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?’
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
- ASV
- From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
- DARBY
- Since the days of your fathers have ye departed from my statutes, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
- BLB
- From the days of your⁺ fathers, you⁺ have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you⁺,” says YHWH of Hosts. “And you⁺ say, ‘In what way can we return?’
- ÅB
- Like fra deres fedres dager har dere veket av fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem; vend om til meg, så vil jeg vende om til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Og dere sier: Hva skal vi vende om fra?
- OTB
- Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine forskrifter og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere," sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. "Men dere sier: 'Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?'
- B1930
- Like fra eders fedres dager har I veket av fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem; vend om til mig, så vil jeg vende om til eder, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Og I sier: Hvad skal vi vende om fra?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Read in contextRomans 10:21
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Read in contextJames 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Read in contextRomans 10:3
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:20
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Read in contextHosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:12–14
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:28–30
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
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