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Malachi 3:6 — For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not…

“For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
Malachi 3:6 · KJV

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4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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Verse explanation

'I am the Lord, I change not' explains why the people still exist despite so many failures: God's unwavering faithfulness, not their own merit, is what sustains them.

From the Malachi 3 study in Bible in Stories.

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