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

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

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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 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples; only a few of you will be left among the nations where the Lord will lead you.(A)

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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 smelter, so you shall be melted in it, and you shall know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath upon you.(A)

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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 Moses your servant, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples,(A)

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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 the fiery ordeal that is taking place among 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 winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”(A)

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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]See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.1 3.19 in Heb

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 as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.[a](A)

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  1. 3.3 Or right offerings to the Lord

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

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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 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; in accordance with their conduct and their deeds I judged them.(A)

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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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My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with no one 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:

Woe to the bloody city,
    the pot whose crud is in it,
    whose crud has not gone out of it!
Empty it piece by piece,
    making no choice at all.[a](A)
For the blood she shed is inside it;
    she placed it on a bare rock;
she did not pour it out on the ground,
    to cover it with earth.(B)
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance,
    I have placed the blood she shed
    on a bare rock,
    so that it may not be covered.

Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city!
    I will even make the pile great.(C)
10 Heap up the logs; kindle the fire;
    boil the meat well; boil down the broth;[b]
    let the bones be burned.
11 Stand it empty upon the coals,
    so that it may become hot, its copper glow,
    its filth melt in it, its crud be consumed.
12 In vain I have wearied myself;[c]
    its thick crud does not depart.
    To the fire with its crud!
13 Yet when I cleansed you in your filthy lewdness,
    you did not become clean from your filth;
you shall not again be cleansed
    until I have satisfied my fury upon you.(D)

14 I the Lord have spoken; the time is coming; I will act. I will not refrain; I will not spare; I will not relent. According to your ways and your doings I will judge you, says the Lord God.(E)

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  1. 24.6 Heb piece, no lot has fallen on it
  2. 24.10 Gk: Heb mix in the spices
  3. 24.12 Cn: Meaning of Heb 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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