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12 “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.

13 “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

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12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

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?

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12 Then (A)all nations will call you blessed, for you will be (B)a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

13 (C)“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. (D)But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, (E)‘It is vain to serve God. (F)What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

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12 “And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be (A)a delightful land,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

The People Complain Harshly

13 “Your(B) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (C)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong