Malachi 3:18

Then shall ye return, 1 and discern between the tzaddik and the rasha, 1 between oved Elohim (him that serveth G-d) 1 and him that serveth Him not. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

In Context

17And they shall be Mine, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 in that Yom when I make up My segullah (special treasure, possession); 1 and I will spare them, 1 as a man spareth his own ben haoved oto (son that serveth him). 1

19For, hinei, HaYom bah (the day cometh), 1 that shall burn as an oven; 1 and kol zedim (all the proud), yea, and all that do wickedly, 1 shall be stubble; 1 and HaYom that cometh shall burn them up, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 that it shall leave them 1 neither shoresh (root) nor anaf (branch). 1

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Cross References

Exodus 11:7But against any of the Bnei Yisroel shall not a kelev move his leshon, against ish or behemah; that ye may have da'as that Hashem doth differentiate between Mitzrayim and Yisroel.

Job 6:29Turn, now, let there be no iniquity; 1 yea, turn again; at issue is my tzedek (righteousness). 1

Psalms 58:10Before your sirot (pots) can feel the burning thorns, 1 may He with a whirlwind blow them away, both green and dry alike. 1

Jeremiah 12:15And it shall come to pass, after that I uproot them I will return, and have rachamim (compassion) on them, and will bring them back again, every ish to his nachalah, and every ish to his eretz.

Daniel 12:1And at that time shall Micha'el stand, the Sar HaGadol who standeth over the banim of thy people, and there shall be an et tzarah (time of tribulation), such as has not been from the existence of a nation to that time; and in that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the Sefer.

Zechariah 1:6But My devarim and My chukkim, 1 which I commanded My avadim hanevi'im, 1 did they not overtake your avot? 1 And they made teshuvah and said, 1 Just as Hashem Tzva'os determined to do unto us, 1 according to our ways, and according to our doings, 1 so hath He dealt with us.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:14-18

Wicked Conversation Reproved; Evil Maxims of Sinners; Pious Converse Commended; Promises to the Godly. ( b. c. 400.) 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord . Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 16 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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