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.(A)

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10 I have determined to do this city harm(A) and not good, declares the Lord. It will be given into the hands(B) of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.’(C)

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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.

25 I will turn my hand against you;[a](A)
    I will thoroughly purge(B) away your dross(C)
    and remove all your impurities.(D)

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  1. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem

12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is,(A) because the Day(B) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(C)

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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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Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain(A) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(B) them from sin and impurity.

“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(C) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(D) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(E) and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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11 I will destroy the cities(A) of your land
    and tear down all your strongholds.(B)
12 I will destroy your witchcraft
    and you will no longer cast spells.(C)
13 I will destroy your idols(D)
    and your sacred stones from among you;(E)
you will no longer bow down
    to the work of your hands.(F)
14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[a](G)
    when I demolish your cities.

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  1. Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

25 I will sprinkle(A) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse(B) you from all your impurities(C) and from all your idols.(D)

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47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters(A) and burn(B) down their houses.(C)

48 “So I will put an end(D) to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.(E)

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26 They will also strip(A) you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry.(B) 27 So I will put a stop(C) to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.

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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) 16 When you have been defiled[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’”

17 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross(D) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.(E) They are but the dross of silver.(F) 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,(G) I will gather you into Jerusalem. 20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.(H) 21 I will gather you and I will blow(I) on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.(J) 22 As silver is melted(K) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath(L) on you.’”(M)

23 Again the word of the Lord came to me:

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  1. Ezekiel 22:16 Or When I have allotted you your inheritance

38 I will purge(A) you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(B)

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13 He set fire(A) to the temple(B) of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses(C) of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

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The Babylonians[a] set fire(A) to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls(B) of Jerusalem.

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  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans

18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands(A) of the Babylonians and they will burn(B) it down; you yourself will not escape(C) from them.’”

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10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[a] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(A) this city down.”

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  1. Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11

29 The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down,(A) along with the houses(B) where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings(C) to other gods.(D)

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By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

The Lord will wash away the filth(A) of the women of Zion;(B) he will cleanse(C) the bloodstains(D) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(E) and a spirit[b] of fire.(F)

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  1. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit

In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.(A)
This third I will put into the fire;(B)
    I will refine them like silver(C)
    and test them like gold.(D)
They will call(E) on my name(F)
    and I will answer(G) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(H)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(I)’”

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