Malachi 3:2
But who shall abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he shall be like the fire of the refiner, And like the soap of the fuller.
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Job 28:1Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.
Isaiah 1:18Come, now, and let us argue together, saith Jehovah. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity black before me, saith Jehovah.
Amos 5:18Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to you? It shall be darkness, and not light.
Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, which shall burn as an oven; Then shall all the proud, And all that do wickedness, be stubble; And the day that cometh shall burn them up, Saith Jehovah of hosts; It shall leave them neither root nor 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 →