Malachi 3:17

Malachi 3:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
• New International Version (NIV)“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.”

Context of Malachi 3:17

15So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’” 16Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name. “They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

Malachi 3:17 word by word

וְהָ֣יוּ לִ֗י אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לַיּ֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֣ה סְגֻלָּ֑ה וְחָמַלְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ יַחְמֹ֣ל אִ֔ישׁ עַל־בְּנ֖וֹ הָעֹבֵ֥ד אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall be mine, saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• when I make upעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• my jewelsסְגֻלָּהsegûllâh · possessionH5459
• and I will spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
• them, as a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• his own sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• that servethעָבַד‛âbad · to serveH5647

Cross-references for Malachi 3:17

• Jeremiah 31:33“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
• Jeremiah 32:38They will be my people, and I will be their God.
• Ezekiel 16:8“‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
• Ezekiel 36:27I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
• Zechariah 13:9Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
• John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
• John 17:9I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.
• 1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,
• 1 Corinthians 6:20For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.
• Galatians 5:24Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
• Exodus 19:5And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
• Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 14:2For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

Commentaries on Malachi 3:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17They shall be mine - I will acknowledge them as my subjects and followers; in the day, especially, when I come to punish the wicked and reward the righteous. When I make up my jewels - סגלה segullah, my peculium, my proper treasure; that which is a man's own, and most prized by him. Not jewels; for in no part of the Bible does the word mean a gem or precious stone of any kind. The interpretations frequently given of the word in this verse, comparing…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels - othe recurrence of the words, עשה אני אשר יום, Malachi 4:3 in English), and the סגלה לי והייתם Deuteronomy 7:6, there is the equivalent לעם לו להיות סגלה, and the like, Deuteronomy 14:2; Psalm 135:4.) or perhaps better, “And they shall be to Me, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day which I make (or, in which I do this) a special treasure.” “In the day of judgment…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 Among the Jews at this time, some plainly discovered themselves to be children of the wicked one. The yoke of Christ is easy. But those who work wickedness, tempt God by presumptuous sins. Judge of things as they will appear when the doom of these proud sinners comes to be executed. Those that feared the Lord, spake kindly, for preserving and promoting mutual love, when sin thus abounded. They spake one to another, in the language of those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17treasured possession: Israel held a special place as God’s people. They belonged to him as his own possession.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1813-18. He notices the complaint of the Jews that it is of no profit to serve Jehovah, for that the ungodly proud are happy; and declares He will soon bring the day when it shall be known that He puts an everlasting distinction between the godly and the ungodly. words ... stout--Hebrew, "hard"; so "the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him" (Jude 15) [Henderson]. have we spoken--The Hebrew expresses at once their assiduity and habit…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Malachi 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings