Malachi 3:17

Therefore shall they be mine, saith Yahweh of hosts, in the day for which, I, am preparing treasure,—and I will deal tenderly with them, just as a man, dealeth tenderly, with his own son who is serving him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, they who revered Yahweh, conversed, one with another,—and Yahweh hearkened, and heard, and there was written a book of remembrance before him, for them who revered Yahweh, and for such as thought of his Name.

18So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless,—between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:6For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:

Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast avowed to-day that Yahweh, shall be, thy God, and that thou wilt walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his regulations and wilt hearken unto his voice.

Psalms 103:8Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.

Psalms 115:13He will bless them who revere Yahweh, the small with the great.

Song of Solomon 2:16[SHE] My beloved, is, mine, and, I, am, his, he that pastureth among lilies!

Isaiah 62:3Then shalt thou become—A crown of adorning, in the hand of Yahweh, and A royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

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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