Malachi 3:13–4:2

Arrogant Words

¹³“Your words have been strong against Me,” says Yahweh. “But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

¹⁴“You have said, ‘It is ^aworthless to serve God; and what ^bgain is it that we have kept His charge and that we have walked in mourning before Yahweh of hosts?

¹⁵‘So now we ^acall the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and ^bescape.’”

The Book of Remembrance

¹⁶Then those who ¹feared Yahweh spoke to one another, and Yahweh ^agave heed and heard it, and a ^bbook of remembrance was written before Him for those who ²fear Yahweh and who think upon His name.

¹⁷“And they will be ^aMine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “on the ^bday that I ¹prepare My ^2cown treasured possession, and I will ³spare them as a man ^4dspares his own son who serves him.”

¹⁸So you will return and ^asee the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

CHAPTER 4

The Great Day of Yahweh

¹“¹For behold, the day is coming, ^aburning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every worker of wickedness will be ^bchaff; and the day that is coming will ^cset them aflame,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

²“But for you who ¹fear My name, the ^asun of righteousness will rise with ^bhealing in its wings; and you will go forth and ^cskip about like calves from the stall.