Malachi 3:6

"For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

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In The King James Version

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

In Context

5I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and do not fear me," says the Lord of hosts.

7From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'

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Cross References

Genesis 15:18In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie,nor the son of man, that he should repent.Has he said, and will he not do it?Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Nehemiah 9:7You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name of Abraham,

Psalms 78:57but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Psalms 102:28The children of your servants will continue.Their seed will be established before you."

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 400.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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