Malachi 3:1
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3 “See, I am going to send My messenger,(A) and he will clear the way before Me.(B) Then the Lord you seek(C) will suddenly come to His temple,(D) the Messenger of the covenant you desire—see, He is coming,” says the Lord of Hosts.
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Matthew 25:31-33
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The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels[a](A) with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.(B) 32 All the nations[b](C) will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.(D) 33 He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.
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- Matthew 25:31 Other mss read holy angels
- Matthew 25:32 Or the Gentiles
Zechariah 4
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Fifth Vision: Gold Lampstand
4 The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”
I replied, “I see a solid gold lampstand there with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven channels for each of[a] the lamps on its top. 3 There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
4 Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
5 “Don’t you know what they are?” replied the angel who was speaking with me.
I said, “No, my lord.”
6 So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’(A) says the Lord of Hosts. 7 ‘What are you, great mountain?(B) Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain.(C) And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it!’”
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me:(D) 9 “Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house,(E) and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you. 10 For who scorns the day of small things?(F) These seven eyes of the Lord, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line[b] in Zerubbabel’s hand.”(G)
11 I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” 12 And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?”
13 Then he inquired of me, “Don’t you know what these are?”
“No, my lord,” I replied.
14 “These are the two anointed ones,”[c](H) he said, “who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”(I)
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- Zechariah 4:2 Or seven lips to
- Zechariah 4:10 Lit the tin stone
- Zechariah 4:14 = Joshua and Zerubbabel
Matthew 17:3
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3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
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Matthew 17:11
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11 “Elijah is coming[a] and will restore everything,” He replied.[b](A)
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- Matthew 17:11 Other mss add first
- Matthew 17:11 Other mss read Jesus said to them
Luke 1:16
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16 He will turn many of the sons of Israel
to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:17
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17 And he will go before Him
in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of fathers
to their children,(A)
and the disobedient
to the understanding of the righteous,
to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.(B)
Malachi 4:6
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6 [a]And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.(A) Otherwise, I will come and strike the land[b] with a curse.”
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- Malachi 4:6 Mal 3:24 in Hb
- Malachi 4:6 Or earth
Matthew 10:23
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23 When they persecute you in one town, escape to another.(A) For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Isaiah 49:5-9
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5 And now, says the Lord,
who formed me from the womb to be His Servant,
to bring Jacob back to Him
so that Israel might be gathered to Him;
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God is my strength—
6 He says,
“It is not enough for you to be My Servant
raising up the tribes of Jacob
and restoring the protected ones of Israel.
I will also make you a light for the nations,(A)
to be My salvation to the ends of the earth.”(B)
7 This is what the Lord,
the Redeemer(C) of Israel, his Holy One, says
to one who is despised,
to one abhorred by people,[a](D)
to a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and stand up,
and princes[b] will bow down,
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel(E)—and He has chosen you.”(F)
8 This is what the Lord says:
I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.(G)
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,(H)
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
9 saying to the prisoners: Come out,(I)
and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.
They will feed along the pathways,
and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.(J)
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- Isaiah 49:7 Or by the nation
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit princes and they
Isaiah 49:12
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12 See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west,[a](A)
and from the land of Sinim.[b][c]
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- Isaiah 49:12 Lit sea
- Isaiah 49:12 DSS read of the Syenites
- Isaiah 49:12 Perhaps modern Aswan in southern Egypt
Isaiah 49:13
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13 Shout for joy, you heavens!(A)
Earth, rejoice!
Mountains break into joyful shouts!
For the Lord has comforted His people,(B)
and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.(C)
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