Malachi 4

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The LORD of Hosts declares that a coming day will burn like a furnace, consuming all the arrogant and evildoers as stubble until no root or branch remains. In contrast, for those who fear His name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, causing them to go out and leap like calves from the stall. These faithful ones will trample the wicked, who will become ashes under their feet on the day the LORD is preparing. The LORD commands the people to remember the law, statutes, and ordinances given to Moses for all Israel at Horeb. Finally, He promises to send Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the LORD to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and children to their fathers, preventing the LORD from coming to strike the land with a curse.

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¹“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” ²“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. ³Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts. ⁴“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb. ⁵Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. ⁶And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

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