God’s Love for Jacob

1 The ^[a](A)oracle of the word of the Lord to ^(B)Israel through ^[b]Malachi.

² “I have ^(C)loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I ^(D)have loved Jacob; ³ but I have hated Esau, and I have ^(E)made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.” ⁴ Though Edom says, “We have been ^(F)beaten down, but we will ^[c](G)return and build up the ruins”; thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may ^(H)build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the ^[d]wicked territory, and the people ^[e]toward whom the Lord is indignant ^(I)forever.” ⁵ Your eyes will see this and you will say, “^(J)The Lord ^[f]be magnified beyond the ^[g]border of Israel!”

Sin of the Priests

⁶ “‘A son ^(K)honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a ^(L)father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My ^[h]respect?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, O ^(M)priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ ⁷ You are presenting ^(N)defiled ^[i](O)food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The ^(P)table of the Lord is to be despised.’ ⁸ But when you present the ^(Q)blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? ^[j]Why not offer it to your ^(R)governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts. ⁹ “But now ^[k]will you not ^(S)entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us? ^[l]With such an offering on your part, will He ^(T)receive any of you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts. ¹⁰ “Oh that there were one among you who would ^(U)shut the ^[m]gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “^(V)nor will I accept an offering from ^[n]you. ¹¹ For from the ^(W)rising of the sun even to its setting, ^(X)My name will be ^(Y)great among the nations, and in every place ^(Z)incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be ^(AA)great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts. ¹² “But you are ^(AB)profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’ ¹³ You also say, ‘^[o]My, how ^(AC)tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by ^(AD)robbery and what is ^(AE)lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I ^(AF)receive that from your hand?” says the Lord. ¹⁴ “But cursed be the ^(AG)swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a ^(AH)blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great ^(AI)King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is ^[p](AJ)feared among the ^[q]nations.”

The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the Lord.

The Fourfold Hallelujah

19 After these things I heard something like a ^(A)loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“^(B)Hallelujah! ^(C)Salvation and ^(D)glory and power belong to our God; ^2 (E)because His ^(F)judgments are ^(G)true and righteous; for He has judged the ^(H)great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has ^(I)avenged the blood of His bond-servants ^[a]on her.” ³ And a second time they said, “^(J)Hallelujah! ^(K)Her smoke rises up forever and ever.” ⁴ And the ^(L)twenty-four elders and the ^(M)four living creatures ^(N)fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “^(O)Amen. ^(P)Hallelujah!” ⁵ And a voice came from the throne, saying,

“^(Q)Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, ^(R)you who fear Him, the small and the great.” ⁶ Then I heard something like ^(S)the voice of a great multitude and like ^(T)the sound of many waters and like the ^(U)sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“^(V)Hallelujah! For the ^(W)Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

⁷ Let us rejoice and be glad and ^(X)give the glory to Him, for ^(Y)the marriage of the Lamb has come and His ^[b](Z)bride has made herself ready.” ⁸ It was given to her to clothe herself in ^(AA)fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^(AB)righteous acts of the ^[c]saints.

⁹ Then ^(AC)he *said to me, “^(AD)Write, ‘^(AE)Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “^(AF)These are true words of God.” ¹⁰ Then ^(AG)I fell at his feet to worship him. ^(AH)But he *said to me, “Do not do that; I am a ^(AI)fellow servant of yours and your brethren who ^(AJ)hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The Coming of Christ

¹¹ And I saw ^(AK)heaven opened, and behold, a ^(AL)white horse, and He who sat on it is called ^(AM)Faithful and True, and in ^(AN)righteousness He judges and wages war. ¹² His ^(AO)eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many ^(AP)diadems; and He has a ^(AQ)name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. ¹³ He is clothed with a ^(AR)robe dipped in blood, and His name is called ^(AS)The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in ^(AT)fine linen, ^(AU)white and clean, were following Him on white horses. ^15 (AV)From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that ^(AW)with it He may strike down the nations, and He will ^[d](AX)rule them with a rod of iron; and ^(AY)He treads the ^[e]wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ And on His robe and on His thigh He has ^(AZ)a name written, “^(BA)KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

¹⁷ Then I saw ^[f]an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to ^(BB)all the birds which fly in ^(BC)midheaven, “^(BD)Come, assemble for the great supper of God, ¹⁸ so that you may ^(BE)eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of ^[g]commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, ^(BF)both free men and slaves, and ^(BG)small and great.”

¹⁹ And I saw ^(BH)the beast and ^(BI)the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who ^(BJ)sat on the horse and against His army.

Doom of the Beast and False Prophet

²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the ^(BK)false prophet who ^(BL)performed the signs ^[h](BM)in his presence, by which he ^(BN)deceived those who had received the ^(BO)mark of the beast and those who ^(BP)worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the ^(BQ)lake of ^(BR)fire which burns with ^[i]brimstone. ²¹ And the rest were killed with the sword which ^(BS)came from the mouth of Him who ^(BT)sat on the horse, and ^(BU)all the birds were filled with their flesh.