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Malachi 3:2 KJV
Malachi · chapter 3 · verse 2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:Malachi 3:2 · King James Version
Malachi 3:2 in context
1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
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Key words (Strong's)
- appearethrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- refiner'stsâraphto fuseH6884 →
- fullers'kâbaçto trampleH3526 →
- comingbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- abidekûwlproperly, to keep inH3557 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
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The first words of this chapter seem a direct answer to the profane atheistical demand of the scoffers of those days which closed the foregoing chapter: Where is the God of judgment? To which it is readily answered, "Here he is; he is just at the door; the long-expected Messiah is ready to appear;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6