unfoldingWord_en_tn/mal/03/16.md

# General Information:

The event described here may have taken place after the godly people in Israel repented of their sins.

# a book of remembrance was written before him about those who feared Yahweh

This can mean 1) the Israelites wrote a book so they would remember what they had promised and listed the names of people who feared Yahweh or 2) Yahweh caused someone in heaven to write a book with the names of people who feared him.

# book of remembrance

This expression refers to any book that helps people remember important things, such as events or people who lived in the past. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# honored his name

Here "his name" stands for God himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])