Mal 3:1-4 | 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 3:1-4

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} 4 ^kThen the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.