Malachi 3:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them.  Return to me,  and I will return to you,’  says the Lord of Armies. Yet you ask, ‘How can we return? ’

Cross References

Zechariah 1:3

So tell the people, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people.   ,

Romans 10:3

Since they are ignorant of the righteousness of God  and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey,  they will eat their fill  and prosper.  They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising me  and breaking my covenant.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.

Luke 15:16

He longed to eat his fill from   the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness. ‘Here we are, coming to you, for you are the  Lord our God.

Matthew 23:27

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,   which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.

Malachi 1:6

‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me?  says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’

Ezekiel 20:28

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree,  they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.

Ezekiel 20:21

‘ “But the children rebelled against me.  They did not follow my statutes or carefully keep my ordinances #– #the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned my Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them and exhausting my anger against them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:13

‘ “But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness.  They did not follow my statutes and they rejected my ordinances #– #the person who does them will live by them.  They also completely profaned my Sabbaths.  So I considered pouring out my wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

Ezekiel 20:8

‘ “But they rebelled against me and were unwilling to listen to me. None of them threw away the abhorrent things that they prized,  and they did not abandon the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out my wrath on them,  exhausting my anger against them within the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 65:2

I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Malachi 3:13

‘Your words against me are harsh,’  says the Lord. Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against you? ’

Jeremiah 7:26

However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate;  they did more evil than their ancestors.

Romans 7:9

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again

Jeremiah 7:25

Since the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until today, I have sent all my servants the prophets  to you time and time again.  ,

Jeremiah 16:11

Then you will answer them, “Because your ancestors abandoned me   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #and followed other gods, served them, and bowed in worship to them.  Indeed, they abandoned me and did not keep my instruction.

Jeremiah 16:12

You did more evil than your ancestors.  Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said to me, ‘Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to  the rebellious pagans who have rebelled against me. The Israelites and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.