"*** MALACHI 01 ***" 
"The Lord has blessed Israel but"
"cursed Esau The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi the prophet . 2Jehovah says, I have blessed Israel. But you say, How have Iblessed you? Was not Esau the brother of Israel? I have blessed Israel, but Esau I have cursed. I have laid waste his mountains of Edom. His inheritance has become a home for the jackals of the desert. The curse to remain on Edom Though Edom may say, We will rebuild. I shall again lay them waste. They will be called the Cursed Land, a people alwaysunder the wrath of Jehovah. Judahs priests dishonour the Lord by offering bl emished animals A son honours his"
"father. I am your Father. Where is the honour due to me? Hear O priests, you dishonour my name. Yet you say, How have we dishonoured your name? By offering defiled food on my altar when you bring blind, crippled or diseased animals for sacrifice. Is that not wrong? Try offering blemished an imals to your governor If you offered them to your governor, would he be pleased with you? Lord has no pleasure in Israels offerings You implore me to be gracious to you, but with offerings such as these how can Iaccept you? O that you would close the Temple doors and no longer light meaningless fireson my"
"altar. I have no pleasure in you and will not accept your offerings. All nations will one day honour and offer pure offerings to Lord I am a great King, and my name is to be great among all nations, from the rising tothe setting of the sun. In every place, pure offerings will be made to my name. Sacrifices to Lord a burden to Israel But you profane my name and treat my altar with disdain. You say These sacrifices are a burden and sniff contemptuously. Then you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices. Shall I accept them from your hand? Cursed be the man who"
"offers a blemished animal Cursed be he who vows to me an acceptable animal from his flock and thensacrifices a blemished animal. Priests will also be cursed If you do not listen O priests and set your heart to honour my name, I will curseyour blessings. Indeed I have already begun to curse them. I will cut off your sons and daughters and will spread on your faces the dung from your blemished animals, and you will be carried off with it. Levi the forefather of the Levites revered the Lord My covenant of life and peace was made with your forefather Levi. He reveredme, and stood in awe of my"
"name. No falsehood was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and righteousnessand turned many from their sins. A priest ought to speak with knowledge and wisdom For the lips of a priest ought to speak knowledge and wisdom and give guidance to men who seek it. For a priest is amessenger of the Lord. Priests despised and humiliated because of their false teachings But you have turned away from me and your false teachings cause men to stumble. You have broken my covenant with Levi, therefore I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before the people." 
"*** MALACHI 02 ***" 
"Malachi accuses the Jews of breaking Gods covenant Do we not all have one forefather? Did not one God create us all? Why then have we broken God s covenant with our forefathers by dealing treacherously with one another? Those who marry foreign women to be cut off from Israel And why have men of Judah broken the covenant by marrying women who serve a foreign god? 3May Jehovah cut off from Israel any man who does this , even though he bring offerings to the Lord . Unfaithful husbands condemned Another thing you do , you weep and wail and flood the Lord s altar with tears because he no longer pays"
"attention to your offerings , and you ask Why? It is because the Lord was witness to the marriage covenant between you and the wife of your youth , and you have been unfaithful to her. Even though she is your companion and your wife by covenant . The Lord hates divorce Did he not make you both one in flesh and spirit? For he was seeking godly offspring . So safeguard the offspring that belongs to him . Let no man be unfaithful to the wife of his youth . For the Lord says , I hate divorce, and I hate the man who defiles his garment with injustice toward his wife. 8Safeguard the offspring that"
"is not your own and do not be unfaithful to your wife. The Lord wearied by evil being called good and those who doubt his justice You have also wearied the Lord with your words . You say , How have we wearied him? By saying , All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord or Where is the God of justice?"
"*** MALACHI 03 ***" 
"A messenger to prepare the way before the Lord comes to his Temple Jehovah says , I will send my messenger who shall prepare the way before me.  2Then the Lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his Temple. Malachi prophesies of the second coming of the Lord But who"
"will endure the great day when he comes? Who can stand when heappears? For he will be like a refiners fire, or a launderers soap. He shall sit as a refiner and purifier. The Levites to be purified when the Lord comes He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then shall they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then shall the offerings of Judah be acceptable to him, as in days gone by. A day of judgement for sinners For Jehovah says, I am coming in judge- ment and will be quick to testify againstsorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, and against those who"
"defraud labourers of their wages, who exploit widows and thefatherless and turn away foreigners, and revere me not. The Lord pleads with his people to return to him I Jehovah do not change, but ever since the time of your forefathers you have turnedaway from me and have not kept my commandments. Therefore return to me and I will return to you. But you say, Howshall we return? Withholding tithes is robbing God has brought whole nation under a curse Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you say, How do we rob you? In tithes and offerings. This whole nation is under a curse because you are"
"robbing me. Test the great blessings of the Lord by giving a full tithe Bring your full tithe into the storehouse that there be food in my house. 13Prove me, and see if I will not open the windows ofheaven and pour you out a blessing so great there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will stay the devourer from destroying your crops, and your vines shall Then all nations shall call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land. You have said it is futile to serve God look how evildoers prosper You have said harsh things against me. Yet you say, What have we said against you? You"
"have said, It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his laws and humbling ourselves before him? 18See how the arrogant are blessed and evildoersprosper. Even those who mock God escape. Names of those who continue to pray are written in Lords book of remembrance I the Lord hear the prayers of those who revere me, and continue to pray. And a book of remembrance is written in mypresence with the names of all those who honour my name. They will be mine on that great day when I come to take possession of my jewels. I will spare them as a loving father spares a son who serves him"
"faithfully. The reward of the righteous will be clearly seen at the second coming of the Lord In that day you will see clearly the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. The second coming to be a day of burning for the wicked That great day is surely coming. It will blaze as a furnace and all the arrogant and every evildoer will burn like dry straw. Neither root nor branch will be left them. The righteous to leap joyously like calves released from the stall But for you who reverence my name, it shall come as a glorious sunrise, with"
"healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping joyously, like a calf released fromthe stall, and the wicked shall be ashes under your feet. Therefore obey the Law of my servant Moses. Elijah the prophet to be sent before the second coming I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day. 26He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fatherslest the whole earth be destroyed when I come."