¹ "I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord you are looking for will come." ² "Who can endure the day of His coming? Who can stand when He appears? He will be like a refiner’s fire, purifying you." ³ "He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver." ⁴ Then the offerings will be pleasing to the Lord, as they should be." ⁵ "I will come to judge those who are doing wrong. I will punish those who cheat, commit adultery, lie, and oppress others." ⁶ "I, the Lord, do not change. So, you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed." ⁷ "Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the Lord. "But you ask, 'How can we return?'" ⁸ Will a man rob God? Yet you rob Me. You ask, 'How are we robbing You?' In tithes and offerings." ⁹ "You are under a curse because you are robbing Me. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, and I will bless you. ¹⁰ Test Me in this. Bring your offerings, and I will pour out blessings on you." ¹¹ "I will prevent pests from destroying your crops, and your vines will bear fruit." ¹² "All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land." ¹³ You have spoken arrogantly against Me," says the Lord. "Yet you say, 'What have we said against You?'" ¹⁴ "You have said, 'It’s useless to serve God. What do we gain by following His commands?'" ¹⁵ "Now we call the arrogant blessed. Evil people prosper." ¹⁶ 3:16 "Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them." ¹⁷ They will be Mine, and I will spare them. I will treat them as sons and daughters." ¹⁸ "You will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked."