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Malachi 3:17

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

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ASV

And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָ֣יוּve.Ha.yuand they will belongH1961 →
לִ֗יLito me
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
לַיּ֕וֹםlai.Yomto the dayH3117 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhenH834 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
עֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.Seh[will be] makingH6213 →
סְגֻלָּ֑הse.gu.Laha possessionH5459 →
וְחָמַלְתִּ֣יve.cha.mal.Tiand I will have compassionH2550 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
יַחְמֹ֣לyach.Molhe has compassionH2550 →
אִ֔ישׁ'IsheveryoneH376 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
בְּנ֖וֹbe.Noson hisH1121 →
הָעֹבֵ֥דha.'o.Vedwho servesH5647 →
אֹתֽוֹ׃'o.To<obj.> himH853 →

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Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”Isaiah 43:1Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!Isaiah 62:3–4You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?Jeremiah 32:38–39They will be My people, and I will be their God.1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Deuteronomy 26:17–18Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.1 Corinthians 3:13his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.John 10:27–30My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.Ezekiel 36:27–28And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.Revelation 3:5Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

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About Malachi

Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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