Malachi 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Malachi 3:2-5

2“But whoH4310 can 1endureH3557 the dayH3117 of His comingH935? And whoH4310 can standH5975 when He appearsH7200? For He is like a 2refiner’sH6884 fireH784 and like 3fullers’H3526 soapH1287. 3He will sitH3427 as a smelterH6884 and purifierH2891 of silverH3701, and He will 4purifyH2891 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 and refineH2212 them like goldH2091 and silverH3701, so that they may 5presentH5066 to the LordH3068 6offeringsH4503 in righteousnessH6666. 4Then the 7offeringH4503 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 will be 8pleasingH6149 to the LordH3068 as in the 9daysH3117 of oldH5769 and as in formerH6931 yearsH8141.

5“Then I will drawH7126 nearH7126 to you for judgmentH4941; and I will be a swiftH4116 witnessH5707 against the 10sorcerersH3784 and against the 11adulterersH5003 and against those who 12swearH7650 falselyH8267, and against those who oppressH6231 the 13wageH7916 earnerH7916 in his wagesH7939, the 14widowH490 and the 15orphanH3490, and those who turnH5186 asideH5186 the 1617alienH1616 and do not 18fearH3372 Me,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635.

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Notes

  1. 1. Malachi 3:2 Is 33:14; Ezek 22:14; Rev 6:17 ↩
  2. 2. Malachi 3:2 Zech 13:9; Matt 3:10-12; 1 Cor 3:13-15 ↩
  3. 3. Malachi 3:2 Lit laundrymen’s ↩
  4. 4. Malachi 3:3 Is 1:25; Dan 12:10 ↩
  5. 5. Malachi 3:3 Ps 4:5; 51:19 ↩
  6. 6. Malachi 3:3 Or grain offerings ↩
  7. 7. Malachi 3:4 Or grain offering ↩
  8. 8. Malachi 3:4 Ps 51:17-19 ↩
  9. 9. Malachi 3:4 2 Chr 7:1-3, 12 ↩
  10. 10. Malachi 3:5 Deut 18:10; Jer 27:9, 10 ↩
  11. 11. Malachi 3:5 Ezek 22:9-11 ↩
  12. 12. Malachi 3:5 Jer 5:2; 7:9; Zech 5:4 ↩
  13. 13. Malachi 3:5 Lev 19:13 ↩
  14. 14. Malachi 3:5 Ex 22:22-24 ↩
  15. 15. Malachi 3:5 Or fatherless ↩
  16. 16. Malachi 3:5 Or sojourner ↩
  17. 17. Malachi 3:5 Deut 27:19 ↩
  18. 18. Malachi 3:5 Or revere ↩

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