1Yo, I'm sending my messenger to get the vibes right before me: the Lord you’re looking for is gonna pop up at his temple, even the messenger of the covenant you’re hyped about: for real, he’s coming, says the Lord of hosts.

2But who can handle the day he shows up? Who's gonna stand when he pulls up? He’s like a refiner's fire, and like soap that cleans up.

3He’s gonna chill as a refiner and purifier of silver: purifying the sons of Levi, making them shine like gold and silver, so they can offer to the Lord with straight-up vibes.

4Then the offering from Judah and Jerusalem will be lit to the Lord, just like back in the day, and as in the good old times.

5And I’m coming for judgment; I’ll be a quick witness against the sorcerers, the cheaters, the liars, and those who oppress the workers, the widows, and the orphans, and who don’t fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

6For I’m the Lord, I don’t change; that’s why you sons of Jacob aren’t wiped out.

7Since your fam’s days, you’ve been ghosting my rules and not keeping them. Come back to me, and I’ll come back to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you’re like, "How do we even come back?"

8Can a dude rob God? Yet you’ve robbed me. But you ask, "How we rob you?" In tithes and offerings.

9You’re cursed with a curse: you’ve robbed me, even this whole squad.

10Bring all the tithes to the storehouse so there’s food in my crib, and test me on this, says the Lord of hosts, if I won’t open the windows of heaven and drop a blessing so big you can’t even handle it.

11And I’ll call out the devourer for your sake, and he won’t wreck the fruits of your ground; your vine won't drop its fruit too early, says the Lord of hosts.

12All nations will call you blessed: you’ll be a dope land, says the Lord of hosts.

13Your words have been rough against me, says the Lord. Yet you’re like, "What have we even said against you?"

14You’ve said it’s pointless to serve God: what’s the profit in keeping his rules and walking around all sad before the Lord of hosts?

15And now we’re calling the proud happy; yeah, those who do wicked stuff are getting set up; even the ones who tempt God are getting away with it.

16Then those who feared the Lord chatted often with each other: and the Lord listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written for those who feared the Lord and thought about his name.

17And they’ll be mine, says the Lord of hosts, on that day when I gather my jewels; I’ll spare them like a dude spares his own son who serves him.

18Then you’ll come back and see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who don’t.

1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7Even 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?

8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

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

13Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

14Ye 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?

15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

16Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

17And 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.

18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.