1 ^j“Behold, I send my messenger, and ^khe will ^lprepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But ^mwho can endure the day of his coming, and ⁿwho can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them ^olike gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord.¹ 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.