Malachi 4:1
New Living Translation
The Coming Day of Judgment
4 [a]The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
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- 4:1 Verses 4:1-6 are numbered 3:19-24 in Hebrew text.
Malachi 4:1
New International Version
Judgment and Covenant Renewal
4 [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.
Footnotes
- Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
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8 in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.
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2 Thessalonians 1:8
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(A) being kept for the day of judgment(B) and destruction of the ungodly.
Malachi 3:2
New Living Translation
2 “But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.
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Isaiah 47:14
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14 But they are like straw burning in a fire;
they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all;
their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
Isaiah 47:14
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Isaiah 5:24
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24 Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 5:24
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Obadiah 18
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18 The people of Israel will be a raging fire,
and Edom a field of dry stubble.
The descendants of Joseph will be a flame
roaring across the field, devouring everything.
There will be no survivors in Edom.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Obadiah 18
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Malachi 3:15
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15 From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”
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Malachi 3:15
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15 But now we call the arrogant(A) blessed. Certainly evildoers(B) prosper,(C) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”
Zephaniah 1:18
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18 Your silver and gold will not save you
on that day of the Lord’s anger.
For the whole land will be devoured
by the fire of his jealousy.
He will make a terrifying end
of all the people on earth.[a]
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- 1:18 Or the people living in the land.
Zephaniah 1:18
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18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(A)
Isaiah 2:12-17
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12 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has a day of reckoning.
He will punish the proud and mighty
and bring down everything that is exalted.
13 He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
14 He will level all the high mountains
and all the lofty hills.
15 He will break down every high tower
and every fortified wall.
16 He will destroy all the great trading ships[a]
and every magnificent vessel.
17 Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the Lord will be exalted
on that day of judgment.
Footnotes
- 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.
Isaiah 2:12-17
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12 The Lord Almighty has a day(A) in store
for all the proud(B) and lofty,(C)
for all that is exalted(D)
(and they will be humbled),(E)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(F) tall and lofty,(G)
and all the oaks of Bashan,(H)
14 for all the towering mountains
and all the high hills,(I)
15 for every lofty tower(J)
and every fortified wall,(K)
16 for every trading ship[a](L)
and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low(M)
and human pride humbled;(N)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,(O)
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- Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish
Job 18:16
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16 Their roots will dry up,
and their branches will wither.
Job 18:16
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Luke 21:20
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20 “And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived.
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Luke 21:20
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20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies,(A) you will know that its desolation is near.
Luke 19:43
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43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.
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Luke 19:43
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43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A)
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