Malachi

Malachi 3:7

⁷Yet 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?’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet from the days	לְמִימֵ֨י	lə·mî·mê	Preposition-l, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of your fathers	אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם	’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1 father
you have turned away	סַרְתֶּ֤ם	sar·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H5493 turn aside
from My statutes	מֵֽחֻקַּי֙	mê·ḥuq·qay	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due
and have not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
kept them	שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם	šə·mar·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
Return	שׁ֤וּבוּ	šū·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
to Me	אֵלַי֙	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
and I will return	וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה	wə·’ā·šū·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
to you	אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם	’ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H413 motion to
says	אָמַ֖ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֑וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
But you ask	וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם	wa·’ă·mar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
How	בַּמֶּ֥ה	bam·meh	Preposition-b; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
can we return	נָשֽׁוּב׃	nā·šūḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H7725 turn back, return

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Zechariah 1:3 · Romans 10:21 · James 4:8 · Deuteronomy 31:20 · Romans 10:3 · Jeremiah 3:12–14 · Leviticus 26:40–42 · Hosea 14:1 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · Nehemiah 9:28–30 · Luke 15:16 · Deuteronomy 4:29–31

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.