Malachi 2:17–3:4; Malachi 4:5–6

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Malachi 2:17–3:4

The Messenger of the Lord

17 dYou have wearied the Lord with your words. xBut you say, How have we wearied him? eBy saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them. Or by asking, fWhere is the God of justice?

gBehold, I send hmy messenger, and ihe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord jwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and kthe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But lwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For mhe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit nas a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring oofferings in righteousness to the Lord.1 pThen the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.


Malachi 4:5–6

dBehold, I will send you eElijah the prophet fbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will gturn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and hstrike the land with a decree of utter destruction.1