Malachi 3:18
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Çalışma Notu
Study Note
The eschatological promise — 'then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him' — responds to the community's complaint that the arrogant prosper and the evildoers are not judged (verses 14-15). The 'once more' signals that current circumstances have obscured the moral distinction that will be reestablished by divine judgment: the present ambiguity is temporary, the future clarity will be decisive. The verse prepares for the 'Day of the LORD' oracle in 4:1-3, where the sun of righteousness rises for those who fear the LORD while arrogance is burned as stubble. The passage grounds the book of Malachi's ethical urgency in eschatological theodicy: faithfulness matters because the currently obscured moral order will be made fully visible in divine judgment.
Diğer Çeviriler
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
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