Malachi 3:2-4

The Messenger of the Lord

² But _l who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For _m he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. ³ He will sit _n as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring _o offerings in righteousness to the Lord. ₁ ⁴ _p Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

1. Cross References
   Joel 2:11
   The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his camp is exceedingly great; he who executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very awesome; who can endure it?
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 4:4
   When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:25
   I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
   Zechariah 13:9
   And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'
   
4. Cross References
   Malachi 1:7
   By offering polluted food upon my altar. But you say, 'How have we polluted you?' By saying that the Lord 's table may be despised.
   
5. Cross References
   Ezekiel 20:40
   For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.