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The Messenger and the Lord
3 “(A)Behold, I am going to send (B)My [a]messenger, and he will [b](C)prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; [c]and the [d](D)messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says Yahweh of hosts. 2 “But who can (E)endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a (F)smelter’s fire and like [e]fullers’ soap. 3 And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will (G)purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may (H)present to Yahweh [f]offerings in righteousness. 4 Then the [g]offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be (I)pleasing to Yahweh as in the (J)ancient days and as in former years.
5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the (K)sorcerers and against the (L)adulterers and against those who (M)swear falsely and against those who oppress the (N)wage earner in his wages, the (O)widow and the [h]orphan, and those who turn aside the (P)sojourner and do not [i]fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts. 6 “For [j]I, Yahweh, (Q)do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, [k]are not consumed.
You Have Robbed God
7 “From the (R)days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. (S)Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 “Will a man [l]rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In (T)tithes and [m]contributions. 9 You are (U)cursed with a curse, for you are [n]robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 (V)Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [o]food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not (W)open for you the windows of heaven and (X)empty out for you a blessing until [p](Y)it is beyond enough. 11 Then I will rebuke the (Z)devourer for you so that it will not corrupt the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field [q]fail to bear,” says Yahweh of hosts. 12 “(AA)So all the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a (AB)delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Arrogant Words
13 “Your words have been strong against Me,” says Yahweh. “But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is (AC)worthless to serve God; and what (AD)gain is it that we have kept His charge and that we have walked in mourning before Yahweh of hosts? 15 So now we (AE)call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and (AF)escape.’”
The Book of Remembrance
16 Then those who [r]feared Yahweh spoke to one another, and Yahweh (AG)gave heed and heard it, and a (AH)book of remembrance was written before Him for those who [s]fear Yahweh and who think upon His name. 17 “And they will be (AI)Mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “on the (AJ)day that I [t]prepare My [u](AK)own treasured possession, and I will [v]spare them as a man [w](AL)spares his own son who serves him.” 18 So you will return and (AM)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
The Great Day of Yahweh
4 “[x]For behold, the day is coming, (AN)burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every worker of wickedness will be (AO)chaff; and the day that is coming will (AP)set them aflame,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” 2 “But for you who [y]fear My name, the (AQ)sun of righteousness will rise with (AR)healing in its wings; and you will go forth and (AS)skip about like calves from the stall. 3 And you will (AT)tread down the wicked, for they will be (AU)ashes under the soles of your feet (AV)on the day [z]which I am preparing,” says Yahweh of hosts.
4 “[aa](AW)Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and judgments which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I am going to send you (AX)Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh. 6 And he will (AY)turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and (AZ)strike the land, [ab]devoting it to destruction.”
The River and the Tree of Life
22 Then (A)he showed me a (B)river of the (C)water of life, bright (D)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of [a]the Lamb, 2 in the middle of (E)its street. (F)On either side of the river was (G)the tree of life, bearing twelve [b]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 (H)And there will no longer be any curse; and (I)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will (J)serve Him; 4 and they will (K)see His face, and His (L)name will be on their (M)foreheads. 5 And (N)there will no longer be any night, and they [c]will not have need (O)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will (P)reign forever and ever.
6 And (Q)he said to me, “(R)These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the (S)God of the spirits of the prophets, (T)sent His angel to show to His slaves the things which must soon take place.
7 “And behold, (U)I am coming quickly. (V)Blessed is he who keeps (W)the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8 (X)I, John, am the one who was hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, (Y)I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 But (Z)he *said to me, “[d]Do not do that! I am a (AA)fellow slave with you and your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of (AB)this book. Worship God!”
The Final Message: Come
10 And he *said to me, “(AC)Do not seal up (AD)the words of the prophecy of this book, (AE)for the time is near. 11 (AF)Let the one who does unrighteousness, still do unrighteousness; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still do righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”
12 “Behold, (AG)I am coming quickly, and My (AH)reward is with Me, (AI)to render to every man [e]according to his work. 13 I am the (AJ)Alpha and the Omega, (AK)the first and the last, (AL)the beginning and the end.”
14 Blessed are those who (AM)wash their robes, so that they may have the authority to (AN)the tree of life and may (AO)enter by the (AP)gates into the city. 15 (AQ)Outside are the (AR)dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
16 “(AS)I, Jesus, sent (AT)My angel to bear witness to you of these things [f](AU)for the churches. I am (AV)the root and the (AW)descendant of David, the bright (AX)morning star.”
17 And the (AY)Spirit and the (AZ)bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And (BA)let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the (BB)water of life without cost.
18 I bear witness to everyone who hears (BC)the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone (BD)adds to them, God will add to him (BE)the plagues which are written in (BF)this book. 19 And if anyone (BG)takes away from the (BH)words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from (BI)the tree of life and [g]from the holy city, (BJ)which are written in this book.
20 He who (BK)bears witness to these things says, “Yes, (BL)I am coming quickly.” Amen. (BM)Come, Lord Jesus.
Ayin
Pe
Tsadhe
Qoph
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
As for her husband, he also praises her, saying:
Resh
29 “Many daughters have done excellently,
But you have gone above them all.”
Shin
30 [d]Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who [e](D)fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
Tav
31 Give to her from the fruit of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.
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