⁴ when ^(A)the Lord shall have washed away the filth of ^(B)the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by ^(C)a spirit of burning.^[a]

² But ^(A)who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ^(B)he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. ³ He will sit ^(C)as 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 ^(D)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.^[a]

³ And divided tongues ^(A)as of fire appeared to them and rested^[a] on each one of them.