Malachi 3:17

“They will be mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “my own treasured possession, on the day that I act. I will pity them, as a man pities his own son who serves him.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke with one another. Yahweh paid attention and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh and honored his name.

18Then once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. He has chosen you to be a people for him to possess, more than all the other peoples that are on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:17You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you will walk in his ways and keep his statutes, his commandments, and his decrees, and that you will listen to his voice.

Psalms 103:8Yahweh is merciful and gracious; 1 he is patient; he has great covenant loyalty. 1

Psalms 115:13He will bless those who honor him, 1 both young and old. 1

Song of Solomon 2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his; 1 he grazes among the lilies with pleasure. The woman speaking to the man 1

Isaiah 62:3You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a turban of kingship in the hand of your God. 1

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:14-18

Wicked Conversation Reproved; Evil Maxims of Sinners; Pious Converse Commended; Promises to the Godly. ( b. c. 400.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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