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Malachi 3

Mal. 3:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am 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
, I change
shanah (Hebrew #8138)
to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
KJV usage: do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.
Pronounce: shaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
not; thereforeb ye sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
are not consumed
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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I am.
Gen. 15:7,18• 7And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it.
18On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates,
(Gen. 15:7,18)
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Gen. 22:16• 16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son; (Gen. 22:16)
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Ex. 3:14‑15• 14And God said to Moses, I AM WHAT I AM; and he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me to you.
15And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me to you; this [is] my name forever, and this my memorial to all generations.
(Ex. 3:14‑15)
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Neh. 9:7‑8• 7Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
8and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, —to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.
(Neh. 9:7‑8)
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Isa. 41:13• 13For I Jehovah thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. (Isa. 41:13)
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Isa. 42:5‑8• 5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.
6I Jehovah have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles,
7to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
8I [am] Jehovah; that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
(Isa. 42:5‑8)
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Isa. 43:11‑12• 11I, I [am] Jehovah; and beside me there is no saviour.
12I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are] my witnesses, saith Jehovah, that I [am] God.
(Isa. 43:11‑12)
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Isa. 44:6• 6Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel and his Redeemer Jehovah of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and besides me there is no God. (Isa. 44:6)
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Isa. 45:5‑8• 5I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, there is no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else,
7forming the light, and creating darkness; making peace, and creating evil: I Jehovah do all these [things].
8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I Jehovah have created it.
(Isa. 45:5‑8)
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Jer. 32:27• 27Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me? (Jer. 32:27)
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Hos. 11:9• 9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. (Hos. 11:9)
I change not.
therefore.
Psa. 78:38,57• 38But he mercifully forgave iniquity, and destroyed not,{HR}And often withdrew his anger and did not arouse all his wrath;
57And revolted, and dealt treacherously like their fathers;{HR}They were turned like a deceitful bow.
(Psa. 78:38,57)
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Psa. 103:17• 17But the mercy of Jehovah [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him;{HR}And his righteousness [is] to sons of sons, (Psa. 103:17)
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Psa. 105:7‑10• 7He, Jehovah, [is] our God;{HR}In all the earth [are] his judgments.
8He remembered forever his covenant,{HR}A word he commanded to a thousand generations,
9Which he ratified (cut) with Abraham,{HR}And his oath to Isaac,
10And he confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,{HR}To Israel an everlasting covenant,
(Psa. 105:7‑10)
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Isa. 40:28‑31• 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding.
29He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.
30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
(Isa. 40:28‑31)
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Lam. 3:22‑23• 22It is of Jehovah's mercies that we are not consumed, because his mercies fail not.
23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
(Lam. 3:22‑23)
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Rom. 5:10• 10For if while enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Rom. 5:10)
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Rom. 8:28‑32• 28But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose.
29For whom he foreknew, he also predetermined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he should be first-born among many brethren.
30But whom he predetermined, them also he called, and whom he called, them also he justified, and whom he justified, them also he glorified.
31What then shall we say to these things? If God [be] for us, who against us?
32He at least that spared not his own Son but gave him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely grant us all things?
(Rom. 8:28‑32)
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Rom. 11:28‑29• 28As to the gospel, [they are] enemies on your account, but as to the election beloved on account of the fathers;
29for indefeasible are [the] gifts and the calling of God.
(Rom. 11:28‑29)
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Phil. 1:6• 6being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ; (Phil. 1:6)
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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• 13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God chose you from [the] beginning unto salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth;
14whereunto he called you by our gospel unto obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(2 Thess. 2:13‑14)
 Because He is immutable in His holiness, He must be a “swift witness” against all sin and iniquity; and because His purposes of grace and blessing are unalterable, His people are not consumed. (Malachi 3 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

W. Kelly Translation

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For I am Jehovah, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.