¹³ “Your words have been ^[a]arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ ¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is ^(A)pointless to serve God; and what ^(B)benefit is it for us that we have done what He required, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of armies? ¹⁵ So now we ^(C)call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also put God to the test and ^(D)escape punishment.’”

The Book of Remembrance

¹⁶ Then those who ^[b]feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord ^(E)listened attentively and heard it, and a ^(F)book of remembrance was written before Him for those who ^[c]fear the Lord and esteem His name. ¹⁷ “And they will be ^(G)Mine,” says the Lord of armies, “on the ^(H)day that I ^[d]prepare My ^(I)own possession, and I will have compassion for them just as a man ^(J)has compassion for his own son who serves him.” ¹⁸ So you will again ^(K)distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.