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16 Then those who respected[a] the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice.[b] A scroll[c] was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:16 tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”
  2. Malachi 3:16 tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”
  3. Malachi 3:16 sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the Lord keeps an ongoing record of the names of all the redeemed (see Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:12-15).