Malachi 3:1-4

The Messenger of the Lord

¹ _g "Behold, I send _h my messenger, and _i he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord _j whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and _k the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 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
   Matthew 11:10
   This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
   Mark 1:2
   As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
   Luke 7:27
   This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
   Malachi 4:5
   Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
   Luke 1:76
   And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
   
2. Cross References
   Malachi 2:7
   For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 40:3
   A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
   
4. Cross References
   Malachi 2:17
   You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?
   
5. Cross References
   Malachi 4:5
   Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
   
6. 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?
   
7. 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.
   
8. 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.'
   
9. 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.
   
10. 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.