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Malachi 3:2-4
New English Translation
Malachi 3:2-4
New English Translation
2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire,[a] like a launderer’s soap. 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. 4 The offerings[b] of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past.
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- Malachi 3:2 sn The refiner’s fire was used to purify metal and refine it by melting it and allowing the dross, which floated to the top, to be scooped off.
- Malachi 3:4 tn Or “gift.”
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