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14 You have said, ‘It is useless[a] to serve God! What is the gain if we keep[b] his requirements, and if we walk as mourners before[c] Yahweh of hosts? 15 And now we are calling the arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!’”

A Book of Remembrance is Written

16 Then those who revered[d] Yahweh spoke with one another.[e] And Yahweh listened attentively[f] and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written before him[g] of those who revere[h] Yahweh and ponder his name.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:14 Or “vain”
  2. Malachi 3:14 Or “observe”
  3. Malachi 3:14 Literally “from the face of”
  4. Malachi 3:16 Or “fear”
  5. Malachi 3:16 Literally “each with his friend/companion”
  6. Malachi 3:16 Or “gave heed”
  7. Malachi 3:16 Literally “to the face of him”
  8. Malachi 3:16 Or “fear”