Malachi 4

Final Admonition

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1} “^(a)For behold, the day is coming, ^(A)burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be ^(B)chaff; and the day that is coming will ^(C)set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” ^{Tools
2} “But for you who ^(b)fear My name, the ^(D)sun of righteousness will rise with ^(E)healing in its wings; and you will go forth and ^(F)skip about like calves from the stall. ^{Tools
3} You will ^(G)tread down the wicked, for they will be ^(H)ashes under the soles of your feet ^(I)on the day ^(c)which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.

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4} “^(d)^(J)Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

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5} “Behold, I am going to send you ^(K)Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. ^{Tools
6} He will ^(e)^(L)restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and ^(M)smite the land with a ^(f)curse.”

Footnotes:

a. Malachi 4:1: ['Ch 3:19 in Heb']

b. Malachi 4:2: ['Or ', revere]

c. Malachi 4:3: ['Or ', when I act]

d. Malachi 4:4: ['Ch 3:22 in Heb']

e. Malachi 4:6: ['Or ', turn]

f. Malachi 4:6: ['Or ', ban of destruction]

Cross references:

A. Malachi 4:1: Psalm 21:9; Nahum 1:5; Nahum 1:6; Malachi 3:2; Malachi 3:3; 2 Peter 3:7

B. Malachi 4:1: Isaiah 5:24; Obadiah 1:18

C. Malachi 4:1: Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 9:19

D. Malachi 4:2: 2 Samuel 23:4; Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 60:1

E. Malachi 4:2: Jeremiah 30:17; Jeremiah 33:6

F. Malachi 4:2: Isaiah 35:6

G. Malachi 4:3: Job 40:12; Isaiah 26:6; Micah 5:8

H. Malachi 4:3: Ezekiel 28:18

I. Malachi 4:3: Malachi 3:17

J. Malachi 4:4: Deuteronomy 4:23; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 8:19

K. Malachi 4:5: Matthew 11:14; Matthew 17:10-13; Mark 9:11-13; Luke 1:17; John 1:21

L. Malachi 4:6: Luke 1:17

M. Malachi 4:6: Isaiah 11:4; Revelation 19:15