Malachi 3:6 (DRB)

Passage

For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Nearby Context

Malachi 3:4 And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Malachi 3:7 For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?

Malachi 3:8 Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "change", "sons", "jacob", and "consumed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "change", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And I will come to you in..." into verse 7's "For from the days of your fathers...", so "lord" and "change" belong inside that flow. In Return to the LORD in Covenant Faithfulness, the local focus is covenant faithfulness, divine mercy, and judgment.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "change" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.