Malachi 3:16-4:6

New International Version

The Faithful Remnant

¹⁶ Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.^(A) A scroll^(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared^(C) the Lord and honored his name.

¹⁷ “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my^(D) treasured possession.^(E) I will spare^(F) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son^(G) who serves him. ¹⁸ And you will again see the distinction between the righteous^(H) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.^(I)

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

4 ^[a]“Surely the day is coming;^(J) it will burn like a furnace.^(K) All the arrogant^(L) and every evildoer will be stubble,^(M) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,^(N)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch^(O) will be left to them. ² But for you who revere my name,^(P) the sun of righteousness^(Q) will rise with healing^(R) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic^(S) like well-fed calves. ³ Then you will trample^(T) on the wicked; they will be ashes^(U) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

⁴ “Remember the law^(V) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb^(W) for all Israel.^(X)

⁵ “See, I will send the prophet Elijah^(Y) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.^{(Z) 6} He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children,^(AA) and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike^(AB) the land with total destruction.”^(AC)