What Does Malachi 3:16 Mean?

at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore

“spake often”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“Then they that feared”

fearing; morally, reverent

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“one”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“to another”

an associate (more or less close)

“hearkened”

to prick up the ears, i.e., hearken

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“and heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“was written”

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

“it and a book”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

“of remembrance”

a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“and that thought”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou

“upon his name”

an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character