Malachi 3:1–5
aBehold, I will send bmy messenger, and che shall prepare the way before me:
And the Lord, dwhom ye seek, eshall suddenly come to his temple,
Even fthe messenger of the covenant, dwhom ye delight in:
Behold, ehe shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But gwho may abide hthe day of his coming?
And iwho shall stand when he appeareth?
For khe is like la refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ msoap:
3 And he shall sit as la refiner and purifier of silver:
And he shall purify nthe sons of Levi, and opurge them as gold and silver,
That they may poffer unto the Lord an offering qin righteousness.
4 Then shall rthe offering of Judah and Jerusalem sbe pleasant unto the Lord,
As in the days of old, and as in ||former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment;
And tI will be a swift uwitness
Against vthe sorcerers, and against twthe adulterers, and against xfalse swearers,
And against ythose that ||zoppress the hireling in his wages,
aThe widow, and athe fatherless,
And bthat turn aside acthe stranger from his right, and fear not me,
Saith the Lord of hosts.