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Rh :Therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.


 * Ye have wearied the Lord with your words.
 * Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him?
 * When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord,
 * And he delighteth in them;
 * Or, Where is the God of judgment?


 * , 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.
 * But 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' sope [sic]:
 * And 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.
 * Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord,
 * As in the days of old, and as in former years.
 * And I will come near to you to judgment;