15 (A)I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and (B)I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

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15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter(A) you through the countries; and I will put an end to(B) your uncleanness.(C)

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14 (A)“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all (B)the nations that they had not known. (C)Thus the land they left was desolate, (D)so that no one went to and fro, (E)and the pleasant land was made desolate.”

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14 ‘I scattered(A) them with a whirlwind(B) among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it.(C) This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.(D)’”

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27 And the Lord (A)will scatter you among the peoples, (B)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

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27 The Lord will scatter(A) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive(B) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you.

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22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; (A)I have poured out my wrath upon you.”

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22 As silver is melted(A) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath(B) on you.’”(C)

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Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, (A)I will scatter you among the peoples,

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“Remember(A) the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter(B) you among the nations,

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Suffering as a Christian

12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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Suffering for Being a Christian

12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you(A) to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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12 His (A)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (B)gather his wheat into the barn, (C)but the chaff he will burn with (D)unquenchable fire.”

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12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(A)

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The Great Day of the Lord

[a] “For behold, (A)the day is coming, (B)burning like an oven, when (C)all the arrogant and (D)all evildoers (E)will be stubble. The day that is coming (F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

He will sit (A)as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring (B)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.[a]

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  1. Malachi 3:3 Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(A) he will purify(B) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(C) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(D)

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And (A)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
(B)They will call upon my name,
    and (C)I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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19 (A)I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. (B)In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them.

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19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered(A) through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.(B)

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they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, (A)with none to search or seek for them.

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My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.(A) They were scattered(B) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.(C)

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“Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)Woe to the bloody city, to (B)the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.[a] For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on (C)the bare rock; (D)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! (E)I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,[b] and let the bones be burned up. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, (F)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. 12 (G)She has wearied herself with toil;[c] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! 13 On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, (H)you shall not be cleansed anymore till (I)I have satisfied my fury upon you. 14 (J)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; (K)I will not spare; (L)I will not relent; (M)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

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  1. Ezekiel 24:6 Hebrew no lot has fallen upon it
  2. Ezekiel 24:10 Or empty out the broth
  3. Ezekiel 24:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(E)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.
10 So heap on the wood
    and kindle the fire.
Cook the meat well,
    mixing in the spices;
    and let the bones be charred.
11 Then set the empty pot on the coals
    till it becomes hot and its copper glows,
so that its impurities may be melted
    and its deposit burned away.(F)
12 It has frustrated all efforts;
    its heavy deposit has not been removed,
    not even by fire.

13 “‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed(G) from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.(H)

14 “‘I the Lord have spoken.(I) The time has come for me to act.(J) I will not hold back; I will not have pity,(K) nor will I relent.(L) You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions,(M) declares the Sovereign Lord.(N)’”

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