^38 (A)I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. ^(B)I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, ^(C)but they shall not enter the land of Israel. ^(D)Then you will know that I am the Lord.

⁹ My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, ^(A)nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, ^(B)nor shall they enter the land of Israel. ^(C)And you shall know that I am the Lord God.

³ 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]

⁷ And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

^14 (A)so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive ^(B)or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, ^(C)except some fugitives.”

The Great Day of the Lord

4 ^[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. ² But for you ^(G)who fear my name, ^(H)the sun ^(I)of righteousness shall rise ^(J)with healing in its wings. You shall go out ^(K)leaping like calves from the stall. ³ And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^(L)on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.