Malachi 3:16–4:6

¹⁶At that time those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance ⁿwas written before Him for those who feared Yahweh and had high regard for His name. ¹⁷“They will be Mine,” says the Lord of Hosts, ^o“a special possession on the day I am preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him. ^p18So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

The Day of the Lord

4^q“For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Hosts, “not leaving them root or branches. ²But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, ^rand you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall. ^s3You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the Lord of Hosts.

A Final Warning

⁴“Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb ^tfor all Israel. ⁵Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet ^ubefore the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes. ^v6wAnd he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. ^xOtherwise, I will come and strike the land ^ywith a curse.”