Malachi 3:2

And who will + 3:2 Or, wait for. abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of + 3:2 Gr. them that wash. fullers.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ sope:

In Context

1+ 3:1 Matt 11:10 Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom you⌃ seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you⌃ take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, says the Lord Almighty.

3He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and + 3:3 Gr. pour. refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:28And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and towards the surrounding country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace.

Job 28:1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.

Isaiah 1:18And come, let us reason together, says the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

Jeremiah 2:22Though you should wash yourself with nitre, and multiply to yourself soap, still you are stained by your iniquities before me, says the Lord.

Amos 5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.

Malachi 4:1For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, says the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 400.) 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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