Malachi 3:7
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Even 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?Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
In other translations
Even 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?Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Hebrew words
לְמִימֵיlemimei<to> from [the] days ofH3117אֲבֹתֵיכֶם'avoteikhemancestors yourH1סַרְתֶּםsartemyou have turned asideH5493מֵחֻקַּיmechukaifrom statutes myH2706וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808שְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartemyou have kept [them]H8104שׁוּבוּshuvureturnH7725אֵלַי'elaito meH413וְאָשׁוּבָהve'ashuvahso let me returnH7725אֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemto youH413אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635וַאֲמַרְתֶּםva'amartemand you sayH559בַּמֶּהbameh<in> how?H4100נָשׁוּב׃nashuvwill we returnH7725
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