--- title: "Malachi 3 - Study King James Bible" description: "Read Malachi 3 commentary. 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messen" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/malachi/3" --- [ Read](/kjv/malachi/3)[ Commentary](/study/malachi/3)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/malachi/3) Audio 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he *is* like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: 3 And he shall sit *as* a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.* 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in *his* wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger *from his right*, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.* 6 For I *am* the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 7 ¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept *them*. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 ¶ Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye *are* cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, *even* this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that *there shall* not *be room* enough *to receive it*.* 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.* 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. 13 ¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken *so much* against thee? 14 Ye have said, It *is* vain to serve God: and what profit *is it* that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?** 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, *they that* tempt God are even delivered.* 16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard *it*, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.* 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. [Malachi 2](/study/malachi/2) [Malachi 4](/study/malachi/4) ## Commentary To verse 1 **I will:** [Malachi 2:7](/kjv/malachi/2/7), [Malachi 4:5](/kjv/malachi/4/5), [Matthew 11:10](/kjv/matthew/11/10), [Matthew 11:11](/kjv/matthew/11/11), [Mark 1:2](/kjv/mark/1/2), [Mark 1:3](/kjv/mark/1/3), [Luke 1:76](/kjv/luke/1/76), [Luke 7:26-28](/kjv/luke/7/26-28), [John 1:6](/kjv/john/1/6), [John 1:7](/kjv/john/1/7) **and he:** [Isaiah 40:3-5](/kjv/isaiah/40/3-5), [Matthew 3:1-3](/kjv/matthew/3/1-3), [Matthew 17:10-13](/kjv/matthew/17/10-13), [Luke 1:16](/kjv/luke/1/16), [Luke 1:17](/kjv/luke/1/17), [Luke 3:3-6](/kjv/luke/3/3-6), [John 1:15-23](/kjv/john/1/15-23), [John 1:33](/kjv/john/1/33), [John 1:34](/kjv/john/1/34), [John 3:28-30](/kjv/john/3/28-30), [Acts 13:24](/kjv/acts/13/24), [Acts 13:25](/kjv/acts/13/25), [Acts 19:4](/kjv/acts/19/4) **and:** [Psalms 110:1](/kjv/psalms/110/1), [Isaiah 7:14](/kjv/isaiah/7/14), [Isaiah 9:6](/kjv/isaiah/9/6), [Haggai 2:7-9](/kjv/haggai/2/7-9), [Luke 2:11](/kjv/luke/2/11), [Luke 2:21-32](/kjv/luke/2/21-32), [Luke 2:38](/kjv/luke/2/38), [Luke 2:46](/kjv/luke/2/46), [Luke 7:19](/kjv/luke/7/19), [Luke 7:20](/kjv/luke/7/20), [Luke 19:47](/kjv/luke/19/47), [John 2:14-16](/kjv/john/2/14-16) **even:** [Genesis 48:15](/kjv/genesis/48/15), [Genesis 48:16](/kjv/genesis/48/16), [Exodus 23:20](/kjv/exodus/23/20), [Isaiah 63:9](/kjv/isaiah/63/9), [Hosea 12:3-5](/kjv/hosea/12/3-5), [Acts 7:38](/kjv/acts/7/38) **he shall come:** [Haggai 2:7](/kjv/haggai/2/7) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 16:10](/kjv/genesis/16/10) - the angel [Genesis 32:3](/kjv/genesis/32/3) - sent [Exodus 3:2](/kjv/exodus/3/2) - angel [Exodus 29:43](/kjv/exodus/29/43) - sanctified [Numbers 25:12](/kjv/numbers/25/12) - *General* [Deuteronomy 18:18](/kjv/deuteronomy/18/18) - like unto [Deuteronomy 33:7](/kjv/deuteronomy/33/7) - and bring [Judges 2:1](/kjv/judges/2/1) - And an angel [2 Chronicles 7:1](/kjv/2-chronicles/7/1) - the fire [Job 33:23](/kjv/job/33/23) - a messenger [Psalms 24:3](/kjv/psalms/24/3) - stand [Psalms 24:7](/kjv/psalms/24/7) - King [Psalms 96:13](/kjv/psalms/96/13) - he cometh [Ecclesiastes 5:6](/kjv/ecclesiastes/5/6) - before [Song of Solomon 8:1](/kjv/song-of-solomon/8/1) - that thou [Isaiah 35:4](/kjv/isaiah/35/4) - behold [Isaiah 40:10](/kjv/isaiah/40/10) - the Lord God [Jeremiah 33:14](/kjv/jeremiah/33/14) - *General* [Ezekiel 21:27](/kjv/ezekiel/21/27) - until [Ezekiel 44:4](/kjv/ezekiel/44/4) - the glory [Hosea 12:4](/kjv/hosea/12/4) - angel [Amos 5:18](/kjv/amos/5/18) - desire [Haggai 1:13](/kjv/haggai/1/13) - the Lord's [Zechariah 2:8](/kjv/zechariah/2/8) - sent [Zechariah 2:10](/kjv/zechariah/2/10) - lo [Zechariah 3:1](/kjv/zechariah/3/1) - the angel [Zechariah 12:8](/kjv/zechariah/12/8) - as the [Zechariah 13:8](/kjv/zechariah/13/8) - two [Matthew 3:3](/kjv/matthew/3/3) - Prepare [Matthew 3:10](/kjv/matthew/3/10) - now [Matthew 11:3](/kjv/matthew/11/3) - Art [Matthew 12:6](/kjv/matthew/12/6) - *General* [Matthew 21:12](/kjv/matthew/21/12) - went [Matthew 25:6](/kjv/matthew/25/6) - go [Mark 9:11](/kjv/mark/9/11) - *General* [Mark 11:11](/kjv/mark/11/11) - Jesus [Mark 11:27](/kjv/mark/11/27) - as he [Mark 13:1](/kjv/mark/13/1) - out [Luke 2:49](/kjv/luke/2/49) - my [Luke 7:27](/kjv/luke/7/27) - Behold [Luke 9:52](/kjv/luke/9/52) - sent [Luke 12:56](/kjv/luke/12/56) - that [Luke 17:24](/kjv/luke/17/24) - in [Luke 24:27](/kjv/luke/24/27) - and all [Luke 24:44](/kjv/luke/24/44) - in the prophets [John 1:26](/kjv/john/1/26) - whom [John 1:31](/kjv/john/1/31) - but [John 7:14](/kjv/john/7/14) - the temple [John 11:27](/kjv/john/11/27) - which [John 13:19](/kjv/john/13/19) - that I [John 20:28](/kjv/john/20/28) - My Lord [Acts 2:2](/kjv/acts/2/2) - suddenly [Acts 7:30](/kjv/acts/7/30) - an [Acts 10:36](/kjv/acts/10/36) - he is [Acts 13:32](/kjv/acts/13/32) - how [Acts 26:6](/kjv/acts/26/6) - the promise [Galatians 4:4](/kjv/galatians/4/4) - the fulness [Ephesians 1:10](/kjv/ephesians/1/10) - in the [Hebrews 1:8](/kjv/hebrews/1/8) - O God [Hebrews 9:11](/kjv/hebrews/9/11) - Christ [Revelation 7:2](/kjv/revelation/7/2) - And I ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/malachi/3#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/malachi/3#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/malachi/3","name":"Malachi 3 - 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