3 ‘See, I am going to send my messenger,^(A) and he will clear the way before me.^(B) Then the Lord you seek^(C) will suddenly come to his temple,^(D) the Messenger of the covenant you delight in – see, he is coming,’ says the Lord of Armies.

¹⁰ This is the one about whom it is written:

² As it is written in Isaiah^(A) the prophet:^[a](B)

¹⁷ And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children,^(A) and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.’^(B)