¹¹ Has this house,^(A) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers^(B) to you? But I have been watching!^(C) declares the Lord.

²¹ Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy^(A) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day^(B) there will no longer be a Canaanite^[a](C) in the house^(D) of the Lord Almighty.^(E)

3 “I will send my messenger,^(A) who will prepare the way before me.^(B) Then suddenly the Lord^(C) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,^(D) whom you desire,^(E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

² But who can endure^(F) the day of his coming?^(G) Who can stand^(H) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire^(I) or a launderer’s soap.^{(J) 3} He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;^(K) he will purify^(L) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.^(M) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,^(N)