World English Bible
Malachi 3:14
“You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?”
Verse in context — Malachi 3
12
All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.
13
Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?
14
You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
15
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.
16
Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
About Malachi
A call to return to God and a promise of the coming messenger (John the Baptist).
Explore all chapters of Malachi →