Malachi 3:17

In that day when I make up my jewels] RV 'in the day that I do make, even a peculiar treasure': better, 'in the day that I shew myself active' (so in Malachi 4:3), 'even a peculiar possession.' For the last words cp. Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18.

18. Malachi here treats the prosperity of the ungodly with more freedom than some of the OT, writers, He does not deny it, nor does he affirm that it is illusory or transitory, but that it cannot abide the crisis of 'the Day of the Lord.' Ye] the murmurers; those who were disturbed by the prosperity of the wicked (Malachi 2:17).