The Purifier

3 “^(A)Behold, I am sending ^(B)My ^[a]messenger, and he will ^(C)clear a way before Me. And the Lord, whom you are seeking, will suddenly come to His temple; ^[b]and the ^[c](D)messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of armies.

⁵ “Behold, I am going to send you ^(A)Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. ⁶ He will ^(B)turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and ^(C)strike the land with complete destruction.”