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耶和华的日子临近

万军之耶和华说:“看哪,那日临近,势如烧着的火炉,凡狂傲的和行恶的都如碎秸,在那日被烧尽,根与枝条无一存留。 但是,对你们敬畏我名的人,必有公义的太阳出现,其光线[a]有医治的能力。你们必出来跳跃如圈里的牛犊。 你们必践踏恶人;在我所定的日子,他们必成为你们脚掌下的灰尘。这是万军之耶和华说的。

“你们当记念我仆人摩西的律法,就是我在何烈山以色列众人所吩咐他的律例典章。

“看哪,耶和华大而可畏之日未到以前,我要差遣以利亚先知到你们那里去。 他必使父亲的心转向儿女,儿女的心转向父亲,免得我来诅咒这地。”

Footnotes

  1. 4.2 “光线”:原文是“翅膀”。

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.

The Day of the Lord

‘For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘not leaving them root or branches. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings,(A) and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.[a] 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 Armies.

A Final Warning

‘Remember the instruction of Moses my servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb(B) for all Israel. Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah(C) before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(D) And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.(E) Otherwise, I will come and strike the land[b] with a curse.’

Footnotes

  1. 4:2 Or like stall-fed calves
  2. 4:6 Or earth