The Book of Remembrance

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

Final Admonition

4 “^[d]For behold, the day is coming, ^(H)burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be ^(I)chaff; and the day that is coming will ^(J)set them ablaze,” says the Lord of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches. ² But for you who ^[e]fear My name, the ^(K)sun of righteousness will rise with ^(L)healing in its wings; and you will go forth and ^(M)frolic like calves from the stall. ³ And you will ^(N)crush the wicked underfoot, for they will be ^(O)ashes under the soles of your feet ^(P)on the day ^[f]that I am preparing,” says the Lord of armies.

⁴ “^(Q)Remember the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

⁵ “Behold, I am going to send you ^(R)Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. ⁶ He will ^(S)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 ^(T)strike the land with complete destruction.”

The Lord Surrounds His People.

A Song of Ascents.

^9 (A)As they were coming down from the mountain, He ^(B)gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, ^[a]until the Son of Man rose from the dead. ¹⁰ They ^[b]seized upon ^[c]that statement, discussing with one another ^[d]what rising from the dead meant. ¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that ^(C)Elijah must come first?” ¹² And He said to them, “Elijah does come first and he restores all things. And yet how is it written of ^(D)the Son of Man that ^(E)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has ^[e]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”