耶和華的日子

「萬軍之耶和華說,『那日要來臨了,就像燒紅的火爐,所有狂妄自大、作惡多端的人都要像碎稭一樣被火燒盡,連根帶枝,蕩然無存。 但必有公義的太陽為你們這些敬畏我名的人升起,它的光芒有醫治的能力。你們必像欄中出來的牛犢一樣歡欣跳躍。 到我所定的日子,你們必踐踏惡人,他們必成為你們腳下的塵土。』這是萬軍之耶和華說的。

「你們要記住我僕人摩西的律法,就是我在何烈山藉著他傳給以色列人的律例和典章。

「看啊,在耶和華那偉大而可畏的日子來臨以前,我必差遣以利亞先知到你們那裡。 他必使父親的心轉向兒女,兒女的心轉向父親,免得我來用咒詛毀滅這地方。」

The Great Day of the Lord

[a]“The coming day[b] is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble—the coming day will set them on fire,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light[c] for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released[d] from their stalls and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

The Coming of Elijah the Prophet

“Remember the Law of Moses my servant that I gave him at Horeb for all Israel—both the decrees and laws.

“Pay attention! I’m sending Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord comes, and he will turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I’ll come, strike the land, and utterly destroy it.”

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 Chap 4:1-6 is chapter 3:19-24 in MT
  2. Malachi 4:1 I.e. the Day of the Lord
  3. Malachi 4:2 Lit. wings; i.e. its sun beams
  4. Malachi 4:2 The Heb. lacks released

The Great Day of God

“For behold, (A)the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all (B)the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be (C)stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will (D)leave them neither root nor branch.
But to you who (E)fear My name
The (F)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
(G)You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,
Says the Lord of hosts.

“Remember the (H)Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With (I)the statutes and judgments.
Behold, I will send you (J)Elijah the prophet
(K)Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
And (L)he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and (M)strike the earth with (N)a curse.”

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.