3:4 Then shall the offering 4503 of Judah 3063 and Jerusalem 3389 be pleasant 61498804 unto the LORD 3068, as in the days 3117 of old 5769, and as in former 6931 years 8141.(former: or, ancient)
3:5 And I will come near 71268804 to you to judgment 4941; and I will be a swift 41168764 witness 5707 against the sorcerers 37848764, and against the adulterers 50038764, and against false 8267 swearers 76508737, and against those that oppress 62318802 the hireling 7916 in [his] wages 7939, the widow 490, and the fatherless 3490, and that turn aside 51868688 the stranger 1616 [from his right], and fear 33728804 not me, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.(oppress: or, defraud)
3:6 For I [am] the LORD 3068, I change 81388804 not; therefore ye sons 1121 of Jacob 3290 are not consumed 36158804.
3:7 Even from the days 3117 of your fathers 1 ye are gone away 54938804 from mine ordinances 2706, and have not kept 81048804 [them]. Return 77258798 unto me, and I will return 77258799 unto you, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635. But ye said 5598804, Wherein shall we return 77258799?
3:9 Ye [are] cursed 7798737 with a curse 3994: for ye have robbed 69068802 me, [even] this whole nation 1471.
3:10 Bring 9358685 ye all the tithes 4643 into the storehouse 214, that there may be meat 2964 in mine house 1004, and prove 9748798 me now herewith 2063, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, if I will not open 66058799 you the windows 699 of heaven 8064, and pour you out 73248689 a blessing 1293, that [there shall] not [be room] enough 1767 [to receive it].(pour…: Heb. empty out)
3:11 And I will rebuke 16058804 the devourer 3988802 for your sakes, and he shall not destroy 78438686 the fruits 6529 of your ground 127; neither shall your vine 1612 cast her fruit 79218762 before the time in the field 7704, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.(destroy: Heb. corrupt)
3:12 And all nations 1471 shall call you blessed 8338765: for ye shall be a delightsome 2656 land 776, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
3:13 Your words 1697 have been stout 23888804 against me, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068. Yet ye say 5598804, What have we spoken 16968738 [so much] against thee?
3:14 Ye have said 5598804, It [is] vain 7723 to serve 56478800 God 430: and what profit 1215 [is it] that we have kept 81048804 his ordinance 4931, and that we have walked 19808804 mournfully 6941 before 6440 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635?(ordinance: Heb. observation)(mournfully: Heb. in black)
3:15 And now we call 8330 the proud 2086 happy 8338764; yea, they that work 62138802 wickedness 7564 are set up 11298738; yea, [they that] tempt 9748804 God 430 are even delivered 44228735.(are set up: Heb. are built)
3:17 And they shall be mine, saith 5598804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, in that day 3117 when I make up 62138802 my jewels 5459; and I will spare 25508804 them, as a man 376 spareth 25508799 his own son 1121 that serveth 56478802 him.(jewels: or, special treasure)
3:18 Then shall ye return 77258804, and discern 72008804 between the righteous 6662 and the wicked 7563, between him that serveth 56478802 God 430 and him that serveth 56478804 him not.