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ForכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהdo notלֹאchange;שָׁנִיתִיand you,וְאַתֶּםsonsבְּנֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבhave notלֹאcome to an end.כְלִיתֶם
Malachi 3:6
Study it in the app“For I, YHWH, do not change; and you, sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.”
God says he does not change, and the sons of Jacob have not come to an endFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Malachi 3:6, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- changeשָׁנִיתִיshaniti
change
To make something different from what it was.
Where else “shaniti” appears- sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- come to an endכְלִיתֶםchelitem
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “chelitem” appears
The context
5And I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who exploit the wages of the hired worker, the widow and the orphan, and against those who turn aside the right of the resident alien, and do not fear me, says YHWH Tsevaot.
6 · This verse (above)
7From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says YHWH Tsevaot. And you say, “How shall we return?”