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Malachi 3

Mal. 3:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And all nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
shall call you blessed
'ashar (Hebrew #833)
a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
KJV usage: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: or rasher {aw-share'}
: for ye shall be a delightsome
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
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Cross References

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Deut. 4:6‑7• 6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
 7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is in all things that we call upon him for? (Deut. 4:6‑7)
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2 Chron. 32:23• 23And many brought gifts unto Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; and he was thenceforth magnified in the sight of all the nations. (2 Chron. 32:23)
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Psa. 72:17• 17His name shall be forever;{HR}Before the sun shall his name be continued:{HR}And they shall bless themselves in him;{HR}All nations shall call him blessed. (Psa. 72:17)
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Isa. 61:9• 9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed. (Isa. 61:9)
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Jer. 33:9• 9and it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. (Jer. 33:9)
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Zeph. 3:19‑20• 19Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out: and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
 20At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah. (Zeph. 3:19‑20)
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Zech. 8:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:23)
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Luke 1:48• 48For he hath looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. (Luke 1:48)
a delightsome.
Deut. 8:7‑10• 7For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;
 8a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
 9a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, where thou shalt lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou wilt dig copper.
 10And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. (Deut. 8:7‑10)
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Deut. 11:12• 12a land which Jehovah thy God careth for; the eyes of Jehovah thy God are constantly upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. (Deut. 11:12)
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Dan. 8:9• 9And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. (Dan. 8:9)
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Dan. 11:41• 41He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown, but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom and Moab and the chief of the children of Ammon. (Dan. 11:41)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

W. Kelly Translation

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And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)