^{16 Ref} Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

^{17 Ref} And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, `even' mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

^{18 Ref} Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.