Verse 7
Malachi 3:7
New Living Translation
7
Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?’
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/מִ/ימֵ֨י אֲבֹתֵי/כֶ֜ם סַרְתֶּ֤ם מֵֽ/חֻקַּ/י֙ וְ/לֹ֣א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם שׁ֤וּבוּ אֵלַ/י֙ וְ/אָשׁ֣וּבָה אֲלֵי/כֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּ/מֶּ֥ה נָשֽׁוּב
English Translation
For many days you have turned away from the statutes of your ancestors and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts. And you said, "How shall we return?"
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