Malachi 3:6 (GNV)

Passage

For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sonnes of Iaakob are not consumed.

Nearby Context

Malachi 3:4 Then shall the offerings of Iudah and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lord, as in old time and in the yeeres afore.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will be a swift witnesse against the southsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelings wages, and vexe the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the stranger, and feare not me, sayth the Lord of hostes.

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sonnes of Iaakob are not consumed.

Malachi 3:7 From the dayes of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the Lord of hostes: but ye saide, Wherein shall we returne?

Malachi 3:8 Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, and offerings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "change", "sonnes", "iaakob", 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 neere to you..." into verse 7's "From the dayes of your fathers ye...", 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.