Malachi 3:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ Then the people who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard what they said. In his presence, there was written down in a book a record of those who feared the Lord and respected him. ¹⁷ “They will be my people,” says the Lord Almighty. “On the day when I act, they will be my very own. I will be merciful to them as parents are merciful to the children who serve them. ¹⁸ Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not.”