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Malachi 3:17
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Malachi 3:17
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17 They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as parents spare their children who serve them.(A)
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Malachi 3:17
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Malachi 3:17
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17 “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my(A) treasured possession.(B) I will spare(C) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son(D) who serves him.
Exodus 19:5
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Exodus 19:5
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5 Now, therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,(A)
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Exodus 19:5
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Exodus 19:5
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5 Now if you obey me fully(A) and keep my covenant,(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(C) Although the whole earth(D) is mine,
Deuteronomy 7:6
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(A)
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)
Isaiah 62:3-4
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Isaiah 62:3-4
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3 You shall be a beautiful crown in the hand of the Lord
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.(A)
4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her
and your land Married,
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.(B)
Isaiah 62:3-4
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Isaiah 62:3-4
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3 You will be a crown(A) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,(B)
or name your land Desolate.(C)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](D)
and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(E) in you,
and your land will be married.(F)
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- Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
- Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.
2 Corinthians 6:18
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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18 and I will be your father,
and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”(A)
2 Corinthians 6:18
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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1 Peter 2:9
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1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)
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- 2.9 Gk a people for his possession
Jeremiah 32:38-39
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Jeremiah 32:38-39
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38 They shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A)
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Jeremiah 32:38-39
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38 They will be my people,(A) and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness(B) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(C) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.
Deuteronomy 26:17-18
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Deuteronomy 26:17-18
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17 Today you have obtained the Lord’s agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and to obey him. 18 Today the Lord has obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep all his commandments;(A)
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Deuteronomy 26:17-18
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Deuteronomy 26:17-18
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17 You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him.(A) 18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession(B) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.
Romans 8:32
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Romans 8:32
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32 He who did not withhold his own Son but gave him up for all of us, how will he not with him also give us everything else?
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Romans 8:32
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32 He who did not spare his own Son,(A) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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Corruption of the Priesthood
6 A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”(A)
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Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honors his father,(A) and a slave his master.(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(D)
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
Ezekiel 36:27-28
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Ezekiel 36:27-28
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27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(A) 28 Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.(B)
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Jeremiah 31:33
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Jeremiah 31:33
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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:33
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Jeremiah 31:33
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Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 135:4
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4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his own possession.(A)
Psalm 135:4
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Psalm 135:4
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