Malachi 3:16–4:6

The Book of Remembrance

¹⁶Then those who ¹feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord ^agave attention and heard it, and a ^bbook of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

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

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

Chapter 4

Final Admonition

¹“¹For behold, the day is coming, ^aburning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be ^bchaff; and the day that is coming will ^cset them ablaze,” says the Lord 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.

³“You will ^atread down the wicked, for they will be ^bashes under the soles of your feet ^con the day ¹which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.

⁴“^1aRemember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

⁵“Behold, I am going to send you ^aElijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

⁶“He will ^1arestore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and ^bsmite the land with a ²curse.”