Malachi 3:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Malachi 3:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Malachi 3:7 is a verse from the book of Malachi in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Malachi 3:7 — KJV
“Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?”
— Malachi 3:7 (KJV)
Malachi 3:7 in Context — About the Book of Malachi
Malachi closes the Old Testament with a courtroom dialogue — God answering a weary nation's accusations about love, honor, tithes, and justice. It contains Scripture's only invitation to test God: bring the whole tithe and watch heaven's floodgates open. Then four hundred years of silence until John the Baptist.
Cross-References for Malachi 3:7
“And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. present: Heb. found from...: Heb. from after”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:7: even, days, fathers
“In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. In...: or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc Of a...: Heb. If not, etc”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:7: even, mine, saith
“For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:7: days, fathers, return
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:7: fathers, away, kept
“Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. blow...: or, blow it away”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:7: away, mine, saith
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