Mal 3:1-3, 4:2-6 | ESV | STEP | Behold , I send my messenger , and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple ; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight , behold , he is coming , says the Lord of hosts .

Malachi 3:1-3

1 ^a“Behold, I send ^bmy messenger, and ^che will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^dwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^ethe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But ^fwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ^ghe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit ^has a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring ⁱofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ^{▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness}

Malachi 4:2-6

2 But for you ^kwho fear my name, ^lthe sun ^mof righteousness shall rise ⁿwith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^oleaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^pon the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

4 ^q“Remember ^rthe law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules ^{▼▼Or and just decrees} that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 ^t“Behold, I will send you ^uElijah the prophet ^vbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will ^wturn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and ^xstrike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” ^{▼▼The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction}