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Malachi 3:12-15
The Message
Malachi 3:12-15
The Message
12 “You’ll be voted ‘Happiest Nation.’ You’ll experience what it’s like to be a country of grace.” God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so.
The Difference Between Serving God and Not Serving Him
13 God says, “You have spoken hard, rude words to me.
“You ask, ‘When did we ever do that?’
14-15 “When you said, ‘It doesn’t pay to serve God. What do we ever get out of it? When we did what he said and went around with long faces, serious about God-of-the-Angel-Armies, what difference did it make? Those who take life into their own hands are the lucky ones. They break all the rules and get ahead anyway. They push God to the limit and get by with it.’”
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Malachi 3:12-14
New International Version
Malachi 3:12-14
New International Version
12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed,(A) for yours will be a delightful land,”(B) says the Lord Almighty.(C)
Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God
13 “You have spoken arrogantly(D) against me,” says the Lord.
“Yet you ask,(E) ‘What have we said against you?’
14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(F) to serve(G) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(H) and going about like mourners(I) before the Lord Almighty?
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