- 萬軍之耶和華說、我要差遣我的使者、在我前面豫備道路.你們所尋求的主、必忽然進入他的殿.立約的使者、就是你們所仰慕的、快要來到。
- 他來的日子、誰能當得起呢.他顯現的時候、誰能立得住呢.因為他如煉金之人的火、如漂布之人的鹼。
- 他必坐下如煉淨銀子的、必潔淨利未人、熬煉他們像金銀一樣、他們就憑公義獻供物給耶和華。
- 那時、猶大和耶路撒冷所獻的供物、必蒙耶和華悅納、彷彿古時之日、上古之年。
- 萬軍之耶和華說、我必臨近你們、施行審判.我必速速作見證、警戒行邪術的、犯姦淫的、起假誓的、虧負人之工價的、欺壓寡婦孤兒的、屈枉寄居的、和不敬畏我的。
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- "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty.
- But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.
- He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
- and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years.
- "So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.
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