...Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts.
"But you said, 'In what way shall we return?'...
Malachi 1:6
"A son honors his father,
And a servant his master.
If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the LORD of hosts...
Malachi 3:3
He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the LORD
An offering in righteousness.
Malachi 3:17
"They shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts,
"On the day that I make them My jewels...
Malachi 2:7
"For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.