¹“^aBehold, I am going to send ^bMy ¹messenger, and he will ²^cprepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; ³and the ⁴^dmessenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says Yahweh of hosts.

²“But who can ^aendure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a ^bsmelter’s fire and like ¹fullers’ soap.

³“And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will ^apurify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may ^bpresent to Yahweh ¹offerings in righteousness.

⁴“Then the ¹offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be ^apleasing to Yahweh as in the ^bancient days and as in former years.

⁵“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the ^asorcerers and against the ^badulterers and against those who ^cswear falsely and against those who oppress the ^dwage earner in his wages, the ^ewidow and the ¹orphan, and those who turn aside the ^fsojourner and do not ²fear Me,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

1Or angel
2Or clear
3Or even
4Or angel
1Lit laundrymen’s
1Or grain offerings
1Or grain offering
1Or fatherless
2Or reverence

Cross references

a Matt 11:10, 14; Mark 1:2; Luke 1:76; 7:27
b Hag 1:13; John 1:6, 7
c Is 40:3
d Is 63:9
a Is 33:14; Ezek 22:14; Rev 6:17
b Zech 13:9; Matt 3:10–12; 1 Cor 3:13–15
a Is 1:25; Dan 12:10
b Ps 4:5; 51:19
a Ps 51:17–19
b 2 Chr 7:1–3, 12
a Deut 18:10; Jer 27:9, 10
b Ezek 22:9–11
c Jer 5:2; 7:9; Zech 5:4
d Lev 19:13
e Ex 22:22–24
f Deut 27:19