1. Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:
and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger
of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of
hosts. 2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand
when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: 3
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons
of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah
offerings in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient
years. 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the
false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the
widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right,
and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. 6 For I, Jehovah, change not;
therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
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