3 Nephie Chapter 24

And it came to pass that she commanded them that they should write the words which the Mother had given unto Malachie, which she should tell unto them. And it came to pass that after they were written she expounded them. And these are the words which she did tell unto them, saying: Thus said the Mother unto Malachie—Behold, I will send my messenger, and she shall prepare the way before me, and the Lady whom ye seek shall suddenly come to her temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, she shall come, saith the Lady of Hosts. But who may abide the day of her coming, and who shall stand when she appeareth? For she is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap. And she shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and she shall purify the daughters of Levie, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lady an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judith and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lady, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And 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 her wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lady of Hosts.

For I am the Lady, I change not; therefore ye daughters of Rachel are not consumed. Even from the days of your mothers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me and I will return unto you, saith the Lady of Hosts. But ye say: Wherein shall we return? Will a woman rob Goddess? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say: Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lady of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and she shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast his fruit before the time in the fields, saith the Lady of Hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lady of Hosts. Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lady. Yet ye say: What have we spoken against thee? Ye have said: It is vain to serve Goddess, and what doth it profit that we have kept her ordinances and that we have walked mournfully before the Lady of Hosts?

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt Goddess are even delivered. Then they that feared the Lady spake often one to another, and the Lady hearkened and heard; and a book of remembrance was written before her for them that feared the Lady, and that thought upon her name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lady of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them as a woman spareth her own daughter that serveth her. Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between her that serveth Goddess and her that serveth her not.