13 “Your words have been (a)arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 14 You have said, ‘It is (A)vain to serve God; and what (B)profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 So now we (C)call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and (D)escape.’”

Footnotes:

a. Malachi 3:13: ['Lit ', strong]

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