6
For I am the
LORD, I
change not; therefore ye
sons of
Jacob are not
consumed.
b{q][;y -yen.B ~,T;a.w yityin'v a{l h'wh.y yin]a yiK ? ~,tyil.k a{l
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?
~,T.r;m.v a{l.w y;QUxem ~,T.r;s ~,kyet{b]a yemyim.l ? h'wh.y r;m'a ~,kyel]a h'b.Wv'a.w y;lea .Wb.Wv ? b.Wv'n h,M;B ~,T.r;m]a;w tw{a'b.c
8
Will a
man rob God? Yet ye have
robbed me. But ye
say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In
tithes and
offerings.
yit{a ~yi[.b{q ~,T;a yiK ~yih{l/a ~'d'a [;B.qIy]h ? h'm.Wr.T;h.w ref][;M;h '$.Wn][;b.q h,M;B ~,T.r;m]a;w
9
Ye are
cursed with a
curse: for ye have
robbed me, even this whole
nation.
~yi[.b{q ~,T;a yit{a.w ~yir'aen ~,T;a h'rea.M;B ? w{LUK yw{G;h
10
Bring ye all the
tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be
meat in mine
house, and
prove me now
herewith, saith the
LORD of
hosts, if I will not
open you the
windows of
heaven, and pour you
out a
blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it.
r'cw{a'h tyeB -l,a ref][;M;h -l'K -t,a .Wayib'h ? ta{z'B a'n yin.Wn'x.b.W yityeb.B @,r,j yihyiw ? ~,k'l x;T.p,a a{l -mia tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a ? h'k'r.B ~,k'l yit{qyir]h;w ~Iy;m'V;h tw{BUr]a tea ? y'd -yil.B -d;[
11
And I will
rebuke the
devourer for your sakes, and he shall not
destroy the
fruits of your
ground; neither shall your
vine cast her
fruit before the time in the
field, saith the
LORD of
hosts.
yir.P -t,a ~,k'l tix.v;y -a{l.w lek{a'B ~,k'l yiT.r;['g.w ? r;m'a h,d'F;B !,p,G;h ~,k'l leK;v.t -a{l.w h'm'd]a'h ? tw{a'b.c h'wh.y
12
And all
nations shall call you
blessed: for ye shall be a
delightsome land, saith the
LORD of
hosts.
~,T;a .Wy.hit -yiK ~Iyw{G;h -l'K ~,k.t,a .Wr.Via.w ? tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a #,pex #,r,a
13
Your
words have been
stout against me,
saith the
LORD. Yet ye
say, What have we
spoken so much against thee?
~,T.r;m]a;w h'wh.y r;m'a ~,kyer.biD y;l'[ .Wq.z'x ? '$y,l'[ .Wn.r;B.diN -h;m
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?
yiK [;c,B -h;m.W ~yih{l/a d{b][ a.w'v ~,T.r;m]a ? yen.Pim tyiN;r{d.q .Wn.k;l'h yik.w w{T.r;m.vim .Wn.r;m'v ? tw{a'b.c h'wh.y
15
And now we
call the
proud happy; yea, they that
work wickedness are set
up; yea, they that
tempt God are even
delivered.
.Wn.bin -m;G ~yidez ~yir.V;a.m .Wn.x;n]a h'T;[.w ? .Wjel'MiY;w ~yih{l/a .Wn]x'B ~;G h'[.vir yef{[
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.
.Whe[er -t,a vyia h'wh.y yea.rIy .Wr.B.din z'a ? !w{r'Kiz r,pes bet'KiY;w ['m.viY;w h'wh.y bev.q;Y;w ? w{m.v yeb.v{x.l.W h'wh.y yea.rIy.l wy'n'p.l
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.
r,v]a ~w{Y;l tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a yil .Wy'h.w ? r,v]a;K ~,hyel][ yiT.l;m'x.w h'LUg.s h,f{[ yin]a ? w{t{a ]deb{['h w{n.B -l;[ vyia l{m.x;y
18
Then shall ye
return, and
discern between the
righteous and the
wicked, between him that
serveth God and him that
serveth him not.
!yeB ['v'r.l qyiD;c !yeB ~,tyia.r.W ~,T.b;v.w ? w{d'b][ a{l r,v]a;l ~yih{l/a deb{[