¹⁶ He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.^{(A) 17} And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children,^(B) and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”^(C)

⁵ Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah^(A) before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.^{(B) 6} And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.^(C) Otherwise, I will come and strike the land^[a] with a curse.”