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Malachi 3:15-17
New English Translation
Malachi 3:15-17
New English Translation
15 So now we consider the arrogant to be blessed; indeed, those who practice evil are successful.[a] In fact, those who challenge[b] God escape!’”
16 Then those who respected[c] the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice.[d] A scroll[e] was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name. 17 “They will belong to me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “in the day when I prepare my own special property.[f] I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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- Malachi 3:15 tn Heb “built up” (so NASB); NIV, NRSV “prosper”; NLT “get rich.”
- Malachi 3:15 tn Or “test”; NRSV, CEV “put God to the test.”
- Malachi 3:16 tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”
- Malachi 3:16 tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”
- Malachi 3:16 sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the Lord keeps an ongoing record of the names of all the redeemed (see Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:12-15).
- Malachi 3:17 sn The Hebrew word סְגֻלָּה (segullah, “special property”) is a technical term referring to all the recipients of God’s redemptive grace, especially Israel (Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18). The Lord says here that he will not forget even one individual in the day of judgment and reward.
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