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Malachi 3:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You have said horrible things about me, and yet you ask, “What have we said?”

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that's why you attack God with everything you say.

Are you trying to prove that you are innocent by accusing me of injustice?

They say, “God can't see! He's got a blindfold on.”

“Who is this LORD and why should I obey him?” the king replied. “I refuse to let you and your people go!”

Jerusalem and Judah, you rebelled against your glorious LORD— your words and your actions, made you stumble and fall.

Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel.

You people are stubborn and far from being safe, so listen to me.

And you say, “Let the holy God of Israel hurry up and do what he has promised, so we can see it for ourselves.”

But since the time we stopped burning incense and offering wine sacrifices to her, we have been dying from war and hunger.

They should be ashamed of their disgusting sins, but they don't even blush. And so, when I punish Judah, they will end up on the ground, dead like everyone else.

You people of Israel accuse me of being unfair! But listen—I'm not unfair; you are!

You even insulted me, but I heard it all.

and refuse to obey. They are more useless than a crooked arrow. Their leaders will die in war for saying foolish things. Egyptians will laugh at them.

And why isn't God pleased? It's because he knows that each of you men has been unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young. You promised that she would be your partner, but now you have broken that promise.

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”

Everyone of every nation will talk about how I have blessed you and about your wonderful land. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the LORD God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying him and from going around looking sad?

You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?” You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten per cent that belongs to me.

But, my friend, I ask, “Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did?

He will boast and oppose everything that is holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.




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