 | Samuel Austin - 1807 - 344 ˹éÒ
...seek, shall suddenly come to his temple ; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in i Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But...Lord, an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah,and Jerusalem, be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years*... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 ˹éÒ
...shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord...Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. \nd I will come near to you to udgment; and I will be a swift vitness against the sorcerers, in! against... | |
 | John Satchel - 1809 - 480 ˹éÒ
...may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a reftncrS fire, and like fuller's soap ; and he shall sit as...offer unto the l,ord an offering in righteousness,' Mai. iii. 2, 3-— This prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus. ' And now also the axe is laid unto the root... | |
 | John Satchel - 1811 - 434 ˹éÒ
...before him,' ls,ai. xf. In the prospect of the same event, the prophet Malachi also says, ' But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand...silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousnL-ss,>Sifoi. iii. 2, 3. — This prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus. ' And now also the axe... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 ˹éÒ
...the Bible. Christ will then come to his temple, his church, " and he will be like a refiner's lire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a refiner...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness."* The question will be asked now, as it was then, " But who may abide the day of his coming ? And who... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 ˹éÒ
...offering, and an offering in righteousness, or offerings offered up by persons in a justified state. " And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver:...Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 454 ˹éÒ
...Much furnace-work causes self. examination, and a searching of things to the bottom ; " He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness," Mai. iii. 3. Paul says, " The fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is," 1 Cor. iii. 13.... | |
 | John Murray - 1812 - 426 ˹éÒ
...stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap : " And he shall set as a refiner, and purifier of silver : and he shall...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." Who does not know that the refiner's fire, is neither calculated nor designed to destroy the mettle,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 ˹éÒ
...metaphor, whose meaning at first sight is not so clear, is the old, old truth taught us by the text : — " And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver,...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." The metallurgical knowledge of the ancients was very limited, being almost entirely confined to that... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 ˹éÒ
...of the Covenant and King of Zion is compared to a refiner's fire, and fuller's soap. " He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." In this sense, he is a consuming fire to the godly ; he refines them hy consuming their dross. This... | |
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But who may abide the day of his coming ! and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold... 
