Malachi 1:5

1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified ¹  even beyond the border of Israel!’”

Malachi 3:18

3:18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between ²  the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

Malachi 3:2

3:2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, ³  like a launderer’s soap.

¹ tn Or “Great is the Lord” (so NAB; similar NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “you will see between.” Cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT “see the difference.”

³ sn The refiner’s fire was used to purify metal and refine it by melting it and allowing the dross, which floated to the top, to be scooped off.