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Verse	Translation	Text
Mal 3:2	Strong Concordance	But who may abide [03557] the day [03117] of his coming [0935]? and who shall stand [05975] when he appeareth [07200]? for he is like a refiner's [06884] fire [0784], and like fullers [03526] ' soap [01287]:
	King James	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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Mal 4:1; Rev 6:16-17). The Messiah would come, not, as they expected, to flatter the theocratic nation's prejudices, but to subject their principles to the fiery test of His heart-searching truth (Mat 3:10-12), and to destroy Jerusalem and the theocracy after they had rejected Him. His mission is here regarded as a whole from the first to the second advent: the process of refining and separating the godly from the ungodly beginning during Christ's stay on earth, going on ever since, and about to continue till the final separation (Mat. 25:31-46). The refining process, whereby a third of the Jews is refined as silver of its dross, while two-thirds perish, is described, Zac 13:8-9 (compare Isa 1:25).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

(Mal 4:1; Rev 6:16-17). The Messiah would come, not, as they expected, to flatter the theocratic nation's prejudices, but to subject their principles to the fiery test of His heart-searching truth (Mat 3:10-12), and to destroy Jerusalem and the theocracy after they had rejected Him. His mission is here regarded as a whole from the first to the second advent: the process of refining and separating the godly from the ungodly beginning during Christ's stay on earth, going on ever since, and about to continue till the final separation (Mat. 25:31-46). The refining process, whereby a third of the Jews is refined as silver of its dross, while two-thirds perish, is described, Zac 13:8-9 (compare Isa 1:25).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appeareth? - The implied answer is, "No one;" as in the Psalm Psa 130:3, "If Thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" Joel had asked the same , "The day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?" "How can the weakness of man endure such might; his blindness, such light; his frailty, such power; his uncleanness, such holiness; the chaff, such a fire? For He is like a refine's fire. Who would not fail through stupefaction, fear, horror, shrinking reverence, from such majesty?" Malachi seems to blend, as Joel, the first and second coming of our Lord. The first coming too was a time of sifting and severance, according as those, to whom He came, did or did not receive Him. The severance was not final, because there was yet space for repentance; but it was real, an earnest of the final judgment. Joh 9:39, "for judgment," our Lord says, "I am come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see might be made blind;" and again Joh 12:31, "Now is the judgment of this world;" and Joh 3:18, "He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed on the name of the Only-Begotten Son of God; Joh 3:36. He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him." As, on the other hand, He saith Joh 6:54. "whoso eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood hath eternal life;" and Joh 6:47, "he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life;" "hath," He saith; not, "shall have;" "hath it," in present reality and earnest, though he may forfeit it: so the other class is "condemned already," although the one may repent and be saved, the other may Eze 33:18. "turn from his righteousness and commit iniquity;" and if he persevere in it, "shall die therein." It is then one ever-present judgment. Every soul of man is in a state of grace or out of it; in God's favor or under His wrath; and the judgment of the Great Day, in which the secrets of men's hearts shall be revealed, will be but an outward manifestation of that now hidden judgment. But the words, in their fullest sense, imply a passing of that judgment, in which men do or do not stand, as in those of our Lord Luk 21:35-36. "As a snare shall that day come on all those that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man;" and Paul Eph 6:13. "Take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand;" and in the Revelation Rev 6:16-17. "They said to the mountains and rocks; Fall on us, and hide us from the wrath of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?" Asaph says of a temporal, yet for this life, final destruction; Psa 76:6-7, "At Thy rebuke, O God of, Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. Thou art to be feared, and who may stand in Thy sight, when Thou art angry?" For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soup - Two sorts of materials for cleansing are mentioned, the one severe, where the baser materials are inworked with the rich ore; the other mild, where the defilement is easily separable. "He shall come like a refining fire; Psa 50:3-4, 'a fire shall burn before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. Then He shall call the heaven from above, and the earth, that He may judge HIs people;' streams of fire shall sweep before, bearing away all sinners. For the Lord is called a fire, and a Deu 4:24. consuming fire, so as to burn our Co1 3:12. wood, hay, stubble. And not fire only, but fuller's soap. To those who sin heavily, He is a refining and consuming fire, but to those who commit light sins, fuller's soap, to restore cleanness to it, when washed." Yet, though light in comparison, this too had its severity, for clothes which were washed (of which the word is used) were trampled on by the feet. "The nitrum and the fuller's soap is penitence." Yet the whiteness and purity so restored, is, at the last, perfected. Inspiration could find no more adequate comparison for us, for the brightness of our Lord's raiment from the glory of the Transfiguration, than Mar 9:3, "exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them." Our Lord is, in many ways, as a fire. He says of Himself; Luk 12:49, "I am come to send a fire upon earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled?" John Baptist said of Him Luk 3:16, "He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." He kindles in the heart "a fire of love," which softens what is hard, the will. "Wash whate'er of stain is here, Sprinkle what is dry or sere, Heal and bind the wounded sprite; Bend whate'er is stubborn still, Kindle what is cold and chill, What hath wandered guide aright." But as God is "a consuming fire," Who must burn out the dross, unless we be Jer 6:29-30 "reprobate silver" which "the founder melteth in vain," either He must, by His grace, consume the sin within us, or must consume us with it, in hell.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appeareth? - The implied answer is, "No one;" as in the Psalm Psa 130:3, "If Thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" Joel had asked the same , "The day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?" "How can the weakness of man endure such might; his blindness, such light; his frailty, such power; his uncleanness, such holiness; the chaff, such a fire? For He is like a refine's fire. Who would not fail through stupefaction, fear, horror, shrinking reverence, from such majesty?"

Malachi seems to blend, as Joel, the first and second coming of our Lord. The first coming too was a time of sifting and severance, according as those, to whom He came, did or did not receive Him. The severance was not final, because there was yet space for repentance; but it was real, an earnest of the final judgment. Joh 9:39, "for judgment," our Lord says, "I am come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see might be made blind;" and again Joh 12:31, "Now is the judgment of this world;" and Joh 3:18, "He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed on the name of the Only-Begotten Son of God; Joh 3:36. He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him." As, on the other hand, He saith Joh 6:54. "whoso eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood hath eternal life;" and Joh 6:47, "he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life;" "hath," He saith; not, "shall have;" "hath it," in present reality and earnest, though he may forfeit it: so the other class is "condemned already," although the one may repent and be saved, the other may Eze 33:18. "turn from his righteousness and commit iniquity;" and if he persevere in it, "shall die therein."

It is then one ever-present judgment. Every soul of man is in a state of grace or out of it; in God's favor or under His wrath; and the judgment of the Great Day, in which the secrets of men's hearts shall be revealed, will be but an outward manifestation of that now hidden judgment. But the words, in their fullest sense, imply a passing of that judgment, in which men do or do not stand, as in those of our Lord Luk 21:35-36. "As a snare shall that day come on all those that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man;" and Paul Eph 6:13. "Take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand;" and in the Revelation Rev 6:16-17. "They said to the mountains and rocks; Fall on us, and hide us from the wrath of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?" Asaph says of a temporal, yet for this life, final destruction; Psa 76:6-7, "At Thy rebuke, O God of, Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep. Thou art to be feared, and who may stand in Thy sight, when Thou art angry?"

For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soup - Two sorts of materials for cleansing are mentioned, the one severe, where the baser materials are inworked with the rich ore; the other mild, where the defilement is easily separable. "He shall come like a refining fire; Psa 50:3-4, 'a fire shall burn before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. Then He shall call the heaven from above, and the earth, that He may judge HIs people;' streams of fire shall sweep before, bearing away all sinners. For the Lord is called a fire, and a Deu 4:24. consuming fire, so as to burn our Co1 3:12. wood, hay, stubble. And not fire only, but fuller's soap. To those who sin heavily, He is a refining and consuming fire, but to those who commit light sins, fuller's soap, to restore cleanness to it, when washed."

Yet, though light in comparison, this too had its severity, for clothes which were washed (of which the word is used) were trampled on by the feet. "The nitrum and the fuller's soap is penitence." Yet the whiteness and purity so restored, is, at the last, perfected. Inspiration could find no more adequate comparison for us, for the brightness of our Lord's raiment from the glory of the Transfiguration, than Mar 9:3, "exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them."

Our Lord is, in many ways, as a fire. He says of Himself; Luk 12:49, "I am come to send a fire upon earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled?" John Baptist said of Him Luk 3:16, "He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." He kindles in the heart "a fire of love," which softens what is hard, the will.

"Wash whate'er of stain is here,

Sprinkle what is dry or sere,

Heal and bind the wounded sprite;

Bend whate'er is stubborn still,

Kindle what is cold and chill,

What hath wandered guide aright."

But as God is "a consuming fire," Who must burn out the dross, unless we be Jer 6:29-30 "reprobate silver" which "the founder melteth in vain," either He must, by His grace, consume the sin within us, or must consume us with it, in hell.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
With the coming of the Lord the judgment will also begin; not the judgment upon the heathen, however, for which the ungodly nation was longing, but the judgment upon the godless members of the covenant nation. Mal 3:2. "And who endures the day of His coming? and who can stand at His appearing? for He is like the smelter's fire, and like washers' lye: Mal 3:3. And will sit smelting and purifying silver, and will purify the children of Levi, and refine like gold and silver, that they may be offering to Jehovah His sacrifice in righteousness. Mal 3:4. And the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant, as in the days of the olden time, and as in the years of the past." The question "who endures the day" has a negative meaning, like מי in Isa 53:1 : no one endures it (for the fact itself compare Joe 2:11). The prophet is speaking to the ungodly. The second clause is synonymous. עמד, to remain standing, in contrast with falling, or sinking under the burden of the judgment. The reason for this is given in the second hemistich. The Lord when He comes will be like a smelter's fire, which burns out all the corrupt ingredients that are mixed with the gold and silver (cf. Zac 13:9), and like the lye or alkaline salt by which clothes are cleansed from dirt (cf. Isa 4:4). The double figure has but one meaning; hence only the first figure is carried out in Mal 3:3, a somewhat different turn being given to it, since the Lord is no longer compared to the fire, but represented as a smelter. As a smelter purifies gold and silver from the dross adhering to it, so will the Lord refine the sons of Levi, by whom the priests are principally intended. The yâshabh (sit) serves as a pictorial description, like ‛âmad (stand) in Mic 5:3. The participles metsârēph and metahēr describe the capacity in which He sits, viz., as a smelter and purifier of silver. זקּק: to strain, or filter; a term transferred to metals, because in smelting the pure metal is allowed to flow off, so that the earthy ingredients are left in the crucible (Psa 12:7; Job 28:1, etc.). The fact that the sons of Levi are named, as the object of the refining action of the Lord, is to be explained from what is mentioned in Mal 1:6. concerning their degeneracy. Since they, the supporters and promoters of the religious life of the nation, were quite corrupt, the renovation of the national life must begin with their purification. This purification, however, does not consist merely in the fact, that the individuals who are displeasing to God will be cut off from among them (Koehler), nor merely in their being cleansed from the sins and crimes adhering to them (Hitzig), but in both, so that those who are corrigible are improved, and the incorrigible cut off. This is implied in the idea of purification, and is confirmed by the result of the refining work of the Lord, as given in the last clause of the verse. They are to become to the Lord offerers of sacrifices in righteousness. Bitsedâqâh does not refer to the nature of the sacrifices, viz., righteous sacrifices, i.e., such as correspond to the law, but to the moral character of the offerers, viz., that they will attend to the offering of sacrifice in a proper state of heart, as in Psa 4:6. היוּ מגּישׁי is a constructio periphr. to denote the permanence of the action (cf. Ewald, 168, c). The tsaqeph-qaton does not compel us to separate היוּ ליהוה (compare, on the contrary, Gen 1:6 for example). Then, namely when the priests offer sacrifices in righteousness again, will the sacrificing of the whole nation be pleasant to the Lord, as was the case in the olden time. The days of the olden time and years of the past are the times of Moses, or the first years of the sojourn in the desert (Jer 2:2), possibly also the times of David and of the first years of the reign of Solomon; whereas now, i.e., in the time of Malachi, the sacrifices of the nation were displeasing to God, not merely on account of the sins of the people (Mal 2:13), but chiefly on account of the badness of the sacrificing priests (Mal 1:10, Mal 1:13). Moreover, we must not infer from Mal 3:3 and Mal 3:4, that Malachi imagined that the Old Testament worship would be continued during the Messianic times; but his words are to be explained from the custom of the prophets, of using the forms of the Old Testament worship to depict the reverence for God which would characterize the new covenant.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

With the coming of the Lord the judgment will also begin; not the judgment upon the heathen, however, for which the ungodly nation was longing, but the judgment upon the godless members of the covenant nation. Mal 3:2. "And who endures the day of His coming? and who can stand at His appearing? for He is like the smelter's fire, and like washers' lye: Mal 3:3. And will sit smelting and purifying silver, and will purify the children of Levi, and refine like gold and silver, that they may be offering to Jehovah His sacrifice in righteousness. Mal 3:4. And the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant, as in the days of the olden time, and as in the years of the past." The question "who endures the day" has a negative meaning, like מי in Isa 53:1 : no one endures it (for the fact itself compare Joe 2:11). The prophet is speaking to the ungodly. The second clause is synonymous. עמד, to remain standing, in contrast with falling, or sinking under the burden of the judgment. The reason for this is given in the second hemistich. The Lord when He comes will be like a smelter's fire, which burns out all the corrupt ingredients that are mixed with the gold and silver (cf. Zac 13:9), and like the lye or alkaline salt by which clothes are cleansed from dirt (cf. Isa 4:4). The double figure has but one meaning; hence only the first figure is carried out in Mal 3:3, a somewhat different turn being given to it, since the Lord is no longer compared to the fire, but represented as a smelter. As a smelter purifies gold and silver from the dross adhering to it, so will the Lord refine the sons of Levi, by whom the priests are principally intended. The yâshabh (sit) serves as a pictorial description, like ‛âmad (stand) in Mic 5:3. The participles metsârēph and metahēr describe the capacity in which He sits, viz., as a smelter and purifier of silver. זקּק: to strain, or filter; a term transferred to metals, because in smelting the pure metal is allowed to flow off, so that the earthy ingredients are left in the crucible (Psa 12:7; Job 28:1, etc.). The fact that the sons of Levi are named, as the object of the refining action of the Lord, is to be explained from what is mentioned in Mal 1:6. concerning their degeneracy. Since they, the supporters and promoters of the religious life of the nation, were quite corrupt, the renovation of the national life must begin with their purification. This purification, however, does not consist merely in the fact, that the individuals who are displeasing to God will be cut off from among them (Koehler), nor merely in their being cleansed from the sins and crimes adhering to them (Hitzig), but in both, so that those who are corrigible are improved, and the incorrigible cut off. This is implied in the idea of purification, and is confirmed by the result of the refining work of the Lord, as given in the last clause of the verse. They are to become to the Lord offerers of sacrifices in righteousness. Bitsedâqâh does not refer to the nature of the sacrifices, viz., righteous sacrifices, i.e., such as correspond to the law, but to the moral character of the offerers, viz., that they will attend to the offering of sacrifice in a proper state of heart, as in Psa 4:6. היוּ מגּישׁי is a constructio periphr. to denote the permanence of the action (cf. Ewald, 168, c). The tsaqeph-qaton does not compel us to separate היוּ ליהוה (compare, on the contrary, Gen 1:6 for example). Then, namely when the priests offer sacrifices in righteousness again, will the sacrificing of the whole nation be pleasant to the Lord, as was the case in the olden time. The days of the olden time and years of the past are the times of Moses, or the first years of the sojourn in the desert (Jer 2:2), possibly also the times of David and of the first years of the reign of Solomon; whereas now, i.e., in the time of Malachi, the sacrifices of the nation were displeasing to God, not merely on account of the sins of the people (Mal 2:13), but chiefly on account of the badness of the sacrificing priests (Mal 1:10, Mal 1:13). Moreover, we must not infer from Mal 3:3 and Mal 3:4, that Malachi imagined that the Old Testament worship would be continued during the Messianic times; but his words are to be explained from the custom of the prophets, of using the forms of the Old Testament worship to depict the reverence for God which would characterize the new covenant.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Abide - Who shall be able to stand under the weight of those crosses which in that day, will fall on all sorts of men? The day - This day was from his preaching, 'till the utter destruction of Jerusalem, about seventy years after the birth of Christ. A refiner's fire - Some are like metals, which nothing but a fierce fire can purge, such fire shall the troubles of these days be. Fuller's soap - As boiling waters, into which, spotted cloaths are thrown, and as the rubbing of them with soap; so that day will prove to all, a day of great trial, to purge and refine.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
But who may abide the day of his coming? - Only they who shall believe on his name; for they that will not, shall be blinded, and the unbelieving nations shall be destroyed by the Romans. Like fuller's soap - כברית keborith, from ברר barar, to cleanse, any thing that deterges. Kali, or fern ashes, or such things. I doubt whether the composition which we call soap, was known in ancient times.

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²⁵ And I will turn [07725] my hand [03027] upon thee, and purely [01253] purge away [06884] thy dross [05509], and take away [05493] all thy tin [0913]:

⁸ And it shall come to pass, that in all the land [0776], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], two [08147] parts [06310] therein shall be cut off [03772] and die [01478]; but the third [07992] shall be left [03498] therein.
⁹ And I will bring [0935] the third part [07992] through the fire [0784], and will refine [06884] them as silver [03701] is refined [06884], and will try [0974] them as gold [02091] is tried [0974]: they shall call [07121] on my name [08034], and I will hear [06030] them: I will say [0559], It is my people [05971]: and they shall say [0559], The LORD [03068] is my God [0430].

¹⁰ And [1161] now [2235] also [2532] the axe [513] is laid [2749] unto [4314] the root [4491] of the trees [1186]: therefore [3767] every [3956] tree [1186] which bringeth [4160] not [3361] forth [4160] good [2570] fruit [2590] is hewn down [1581], and [2532] cast [906] into [1519] the fire [4442].
¹¹ I [1473] indeed [3303] baptize [907] you [5209] with [1722] water [5204] unto [1519] repentance [3341]: but [1161] he that cometh [2064] after [3694] me [3450] is [2076] mightier than [2478] I [3450], whose [3739] shoes [5266] I am [1510] not [3756] worthy [2425] to bear [941]: he [846] shall baptize [907] you [5209] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], and [2532] with fire [4442]:
¹² Whose [3739] fan [4425] is in [1722] his [846] hand [5495], and [2532] he will throughly purge [1245] his [846] floor [257], and [2532] gather [4863] his [846] wheat [4621] into [1519] the garner [596]; but [1161] he will burn up [2618] the chaff [892] with unquenchable [762] fire [4442].

¹⁶ And [2532] said [3004] to the mountains [3735] and [2532] rocks [4073], Fall [4098] on [1909] us [2248], and [2532] hide [2928] us [2248] from [575] the face [4383] of him that sitteth [2521] on [1909] the throne [2362], and [2532] from [575] the wrath [3709] of the Lamb [721]:
¹⁷ For [3754] the great [3173] day [2250] of his [846] wrath [3709] is come [2064]; and [2532] who [5101] shall be able [1410] to stand [2476]?

¹ For, behold, the day [03117] cometh [0935], that shall burn [01197] as an oven [08574]; and all the proud [02086], yea, and all that do [06213] wickedly [07564], shall be stubble [07179]: and the day [03117] that cometh [0935] shall burn them up [03857], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that it shall leave [05800] them neither root [08328] nor branch [06057].

²⁹ The bellows [04647] are burned [02787], the lead [05777] is consumed [08552] of the fire [0800] [0784]; the founder [06884] melteth [06884] in vain [07723]: for the wicked [07451] are not plucked away [05423].
³⁰ Reprobate [03988] silver [03701] shall men call [07121] them, because the LORD [03068] hath rejected [03988] them.

¹⁶ John [2491] answered [611], saying [3004] unto them all [537], I [1473] indeed [3303] baptize [907] you [5209] with water [5204]; but [1161] one mightier than [2478] I [3450] cometh [2064], the latchet [2438] of whose [3739] [846] shoes [5266] I am [1510] not [3756] worthy [2425] to unloose [3089]: he [846] shall baptize [907] you [5209] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] and [2532] with fire [4442]:

⁴⁹ I am come [2064] to send [906] fire [4442] on [1519] the earth [1093]; and [2532] what [5101] will I [2309], if [1487] it be [381] already [2235] kindled [381]?

³ And [2532] his [846] raiment [2440] became [1096] shining [4744], exceeding [3029] white [3022] as [5613] snow [5510]; so as [3634] no [3756] fuller [1102] on [1909] earth [1093] can [1410] white [3021] them.

¹² Now [1161] if any man [1536] build [2026] upon [1909] this [5126] foundation [2310] gold [5557], silver [696], precious [5093] stones [3037], wood [3586], hay [5528], stubble [2562];

²⁴ For the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] is a consuming [0398] fire [0784], even a jealous [07067] God [0410].

³ Our God [0430] shall come [0935], and shall not keep silence [02790]: a fire [0784] shall devour [0398] before [06440] him, and it shall be very [03966] tempestuous [08175] round about [05439] him.
⁴ He shall call [07121] to the heavens [08064] from above [05920], and to the earth [0776], that he may judge [01777] his people [05971].

⁶ At thy rebuke [01606], O God [0430] of Jacob [03290], both the chariot [07393] and horse [05483] are cast into a dead sleep [07290].
⁷ Thou, even thou, art to be feared [03372]: and who may stand [05975] in thy sight [06440] when [0227] once thou art angry [0639]?

¹³ Wherefore [1223] [5124] take unto you [353] the whole armour [3833] of God [2316], that [2443] ye may be able [1410] to withstand [436] in [1722] the evil [4190] day [2250], and [2532] having done [2716] all [537], to stand [2476].

³⁵ For [1063] as [5613] a snare [3803] shall it come [1904] on [1909] all [3956] them that dwell [2521] on [1909] the face [4383] of the whole [3956] earth [1093].
³⁶ Watch ye [69] therefore [3767], and pray [1189] always [1722] [3956] [2540], that [2443] ye may be accounted worthy [2661] to escape [1628] all [3956] these things [5023] that shall [3195] come to pass [1096], and [2532] to stand [2476] before [1715] the Son [5207] of man [444].

¹⁸ When the righteous [06662] turneth [07725] from his righteousness [06666], and committeth [06213] iniquity [05766], he shall even die [04191] thereby.

⁴⁷ Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], He that believeth [4100] on [1519] me [1691] hath [2192] everlasting [166] life [2222].

⁵⁴ Whoso eateth [5176] my [3450] flesh [4561], and [2532] drinketh [4095] my [3450] blood [129], hath [2192] eternal [166] life [2222]; and [2532] I [1473] will raise [450] him [846] up [450] at the last [2078] day [2250].

³⁶ He that believeth [4100] on [1519] the Son [5207] hath [2192] everlasting [166] life [2222]: and [1161] he that believeth not [544] the Son [5207] shall [3700] not [3756] see [3700] life [2222]; but [235] the wrath [3709] of God [2316] abideth [3306] on [1909] him [846].

¹⁸ He that believeth [4100] on [1519] him [846] is [2919] not [3756] condemned [2919]: but [1161] he that believeth [4100] not [3361] is condemned [2919] already [2235], because [3754] he hath [4100] not [3361] believed [4100] in [1519] the name [3686] of the only begotten [3439] Son [5207] of God [2316].

³¹ Now [3568] is [2076] the judgment [2920] of this [5127] world [2889]: now [3568] shall [1544] the prince [758] of this [5127] world [2889] be cast [1544] out [1854].

³⁹ And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036], For [1519] judgment [2917] I [1473] am come [2064] into [1519] this [5126] world [2889], that [2443] they which see [991] not [3361] might see [991]; and [2532] that they which see [991] might be made [1096] blind [5185].

³ If thou, LORD [03050], shouldest mark [08104] iniquities [05771], O Lord [0136], who shall stand [05975]?

⁴ Then shall the offering [04503] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] be pleasant [06149] unto the LORD [03068], as in the days [03117] of old [05769], and as in former [06931] years [08141].

³ And he shall sit [03427] as a refiner [06884] and purifier [02891] of silver [03701]: and he shall purify [02891] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878], and purge [02212] them as gold [02091] and silver [03701], that they may offer [05066] unto the LORD [03068] an offering [04503] in righteousness [06666].

¹³ Ye said [0559] also, Behold, what a weariness [04972] is it! and ye have snuffed [05301] at it, saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; and ye brought [0935] that which was torn [01497], and the lame [06455], and the sick [02470]; thus ye brought [0935] an offering [04503]: should I accept [07521] this of your hand [03027]? saith [0559] the LORD [03068].

¹⁰ Who is there even among you that would shut [05462] the doors [01817] for nought? neither do ye kindle [0215] fire on mine altar [04196] for nought [02600]. I have no pleasure [02656] in you, saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], neither will I accept [07521] an offering [04503] at your hand [03027].

¹³ And this have ye done [06213] again [08145], covering [03680] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] with tears [01832], with weeping [01065], and with crying out [0603], insomuch that he regardeth [06437] not the offering [04503] any more, or receiveth [03947] it with good will [07522] at your hand [03027].

² Go [01980] and cry [07121] in the ears [0241] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; I remember [02142] thee, the kindness [02617] of thy youth [05271], the love [0160] of thine espousals [03623], when thou wentest [03212] after [0310] me in the wilderness [04057], in a land [0776] that was not sown [02232].

⁶ And God [0430] said [0559], Let there be a firmament [07549] in the midst [08432] of the waters [04325], and let it divide [0914] the waters [04325] from the waters [04325].

⁶ There be many [07227] that say [0559], Who will shew [07200] us any good [02896]? LORD [03068], lift thou up [05375] the light [0216] of thy countenance [06440] upon us.

⁶ A son [01121] honoureth [03513] his father [01], and a servant [05650] his master [0113]: if then I be a father [01], where is mine honour [03519]? and if I be a master [0113], where is my fear [04172]? saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] unto you, O priests [03548], that despise [0959] my name [08034]. And ye say [0559], Wherein have we despised [0959] thy name [08034]?

¹ Surely [03426] there is a vein [04161] for the silver [03701], and a place [04725] for gold [02091] where they fine [02212] it.

⁷ Thou shalt keep [08104] them, O LORD [03068], thou shalt preserve [05341] them from this [02098] generation [01755] for ever [05769].

³ Therefore will he give them up [05414], until the time [06256] that she which travaileth [03205] hath brought forth [03205]: then the remnant [03499] of his brethren [0251] shall return [07725] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

⁴ When the Lord [0136] shall have washed away [07364] the filth [06675] of the daughters [01323] of Zion [06726], and shall have purged [01740] the blood [01818] of Jerusalem [03389] from the midst [07130] thereof by the spirit [07307] of judgment [04941], and by the spirit [07307] of burning [01197].

⁹ And I will bring [0935] the third part [07992] through the fire [0784], and will refine [06884] them as silver [03701] is refined [06884], and will try [0974] them as gold [02091] is tried [0974]: they shall call [07121] on my name [08034], and I will hear [06030] them: I will say [0559], It is my people [05971]: and they shall say [0559], The LORD [03068] is my God [0430].

¹¹ And the LORD [03068] shall utter [05414] his voice [06963] before [06440] his army [02428]: for his camp [04264] is very [03966] great [07227]: for he is strong [06099] that executeth [06213] his word [01697]: for the day [03117] of the LORD [03068] is great [01419] and very [03966] terrible [03372]; and who can abide [03557] it?

¹ Who hath believed [0539] our report [08052]? and to whom is the arm [02220] of the LORD [03068] revealed [01540]?

⁴ Then shall the offering [04503] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] be pleasant [06149] unto the LORD [03068], as in the days [03117] of old [05769], and as in former [06931] years [08141].

² But who may abide [03557] the day [03117] of his coming [0935]? and who shall stand [05975] when he appeareth [07200]? for he is like a refiner's [06884] fire [0784], and like fullers [03526] ' soap [01287]: