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The Great Day of Yahweh

[a]For behold, the day is coming, (A)burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every worker of wickedness will be (B)chaff; and the day that is coming will (C)set them aflame,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” “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. And 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 Yahweh of hosts.

[d](J)Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and judgments which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.

“Behold, I am going to send you (K)Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh. And he will (L)turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and (M)strike the land, [e]devoting it to destruction.”

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 Ch 3:19 in Heb
  2. Malachi 4:2 Or reverence(d)
  3. Malachi 4:3 Or when I act
  4. Malachi 4:4 Ch 3:22 in Heb
  5. Malachi 4:6 Or with a curse, with the ban

Herrens domedag

(A) Se, dagen kommer,

        den brinner som en ugn.
    Då ska alla högmodiga
        och alla som gör det onda
            vara som halm.
    Dagen som kommer
        ska bränna upp dem,
            säger Herren Sebaot,
    den ska varken lämna
        rot eller kvist.
(B) Men för er som vördar mitt namn
    ska rättfärdighetens sol gå upp
        med läkedom under sina vingar[a].
    Då ska ni komma ut och hoppa
        likt kalvar som släpps ur sitt bås.
(C) Ni ska trampa ner de gudlösa,
    för de ska bli stoft under era fötter
        den dag jag utför mitt verk,
            säger Herren Sebaot.

(D) Kom ihåg min tjänare Moses lag
        som jag gav honom på Horeb[b],
    stadgar och föreskrifter
        för hela Israel.
Se, jag ska sända er profeten Elia.[c]
    innan Herrens dag kommer,
        den stora och fruktansvärda
Han ska vända
    fädernas hjärtan till barnen
        och barnens hjärtan
            till deras fäder,
    så att jag inte kommer och viger
        landet åt förintelse[d].

Footnotes

  1. 4:2 under sina vingar   En bild för omsorg (Ps 63:8, Luk 13:34). Den bevingade solen var en kungasymbol. Uttrycket används om Messias i Luk 1:78.
  2. 4:4 Horeb   Berget Sinai (5 Mos 4:10f).
  3. 4:5f sända er profeten Elia   Nämns av Jesus i Matt 17:10, Mark 9:11 och i Luk 1:17 som profetia om Johannes Döparen.
  4. 4:6 förintelse   Hebr. chérem innebär att något överlåts åt Herren och avskiljs från människornas värld, ofta genom förintelse (jfr 5 Mos 7).

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them. But for you who revere my name,(G) the sun of righteousness(H) will rise with healing(I) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(J) like well-fed calves. Then you will trample(K) on the wicked; they will be ashes(L) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

“Remember the law(M) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb(N) for all Israel.(O)

“See, I will send the prophet Elijah(P) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(Q) He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children,(R) and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike(S) the land with total destruction.”(T)

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.