Malachi 3:2

But who may abide the Yom Bo'o (day of His coming)? 1 Who shall stand when He appeareth? 1 For He is like a refinerʼs eish, 1 and like fullersʼ soap: 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

1Hineni, I will send malachi, 1 and he shall prepare the Derech before me: 1 and HaAdon (the L-rd) [Moshiach], + 3:1 Zech 4:14 whom ye seek, 1 shall suddenly come to His Heikhal, 1 even the Malach HaBrit, in whom ye have chafetz (delight): 1 hinei, He is coming, saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

3And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of kesef; 1 and He shall purify the Bnei Levi, 1 and purge them as zahav and kesef, 1 that they may offer unto Hashem 1 an offering in tzedakah. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 19:28And he looked down toward Sodom and Amora, and toward all the eretz of the plain, and hinei, he saw kitor (smoke, steam) of the eretz go up like kitor of a furnace.

Job 28:1Surely there is a mine for the kesef, 1 and a makom for zahav where they refine it. 1

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, 1 saith Hashem; 1 though your sins be as scarlet, 1 they shall be as white as snow; 1 though they be red like crimson, 1 they shall be as wool. 1

Jeremiah 2:22For though thou wash thee with lye, 1 and take thee much soap, 1 yet thine avon (iniquity) is marked before Me, saith Adonoi Hashem. 1

Amos 5:18Hoy unto you that desire the Yom Hashem! 1 Why do ye seek it? 1 The Yom Hashem is choshech, and not ohr. 1

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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