Text -- Malachi 3:16 (NET)

3:16 Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mal 3:16

¹ tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”

² tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”

³ 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).