Malachi 3:4 “Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in…”

Malachi 3:4

Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

World English Bible

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to the LORD as in the days of old and as in ancient years.

American Standard Version

Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lord, as in old time and in the yeeres afore.

Darby Translation

Then shall the oblation of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

Young's Literal Translation

And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.

Bible in Basic English

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in days gone by, and as in past years.

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Cross references

“the offering”

Isaiah 56:7 Zechariah 8:3 Jeremiah 30:18–20 Isaiah 1:26 Isaiah 1:27 Jeremiah 31:23

Isaiah 56:7 · BSB

I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

Zechariah 8:3 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Jeremiah 30:18–20 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

Isaiah 1:26 · BSB

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Isaiah 1:27 · BSB

Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

Jeremiah 31:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling pla…

“as”

2 Chronicles 7:1–3 1 Chronicles 15:26 1 Chronicles 16:1–3 1 Chronicles 21:26 1 Chronicles 29:20–22 2 Chronicles 1:6

2 Chronicles 7:1–3 · BSB

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

1 Chronicles 15:26 · BSB

And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

1 Chronicles 16:1–3 · BSB

So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 21:26 · BSB

And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 29:20–22 · BSB

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

2 Chronicles 1:6 · BSB

Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar at the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.

Also

Psalm 51:19

Psalm 51:19 · BSB

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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