Malachi 3:3
Context3:3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering.
Malachi 3:16
Context3:16 Then those who respected 1 the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. 2 A scroll 3 was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.
Malachi 3:18
Context3:18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between 4 the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
1 tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”
2 tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”
3 sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the
4 tn Heb “you will see between.” Cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT “see the difference.”