17. They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts,my own special possession, on the day when I take action.And I will have compassion on them,as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.
18. Then you will again distinguishbetween the just and the wicked,Between the person who serves God,and the one who does not.
19. For the day is coming, blazing like an oven,when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble,And the day that is coming will set them on fire,leaving them neither root nor branch,says the Lord of hosts.
20. But for you who fear my name, the sun of justicewill arise with healing in its wings;And you will go out leaping like calves from the stall
21. and tread down the wicked;They will become dust under the soles of your feet,on the day when I take action, says the Lord of hosts.