Malachi 3:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ and, ‘Now we call the arrogant one blessed. Those who do evil prosper and those who challenge God escape the consequences.’”^[a]

The Repentance of the Righteous

¹⁶ Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other. The Lord listened and took note,^[b] and a scroll of remembrance was written in his presence about those who fear the Lord and honor His name. ¹⁷ “They’ll be mine,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I’ll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him.