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.

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Footnotes

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

He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C)

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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.

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But who can endure(A) the day of his coming?(B) Who can stand(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(D) or a launderer’s soap.(E)

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14 Surely they are like stubble;(A)
    the fire(B) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
    from the power of the flame.(C)
These are not coals for warmth;
    this is not a fire to sit by.

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24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(A) lick up straw(B)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(C)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;(D)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word(E) of the Holy One(F) of Israel.

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18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(A) and destroy(B) him.
There will be no survivors(C)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

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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.’”

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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)

In the fire of his jealousy(B)
    the whole earth will be consumed,(C)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.(D)

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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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

16 His roots dry up below(A)
    and his branches wither above.(B)

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20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies,(A) you will know that its desolation is near.

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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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12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(A)

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“See, I will send the prophet Elijah(A) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(B)

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18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous(A) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.(B)

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The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord(A) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions(B) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

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14 The great day of the Lord(A) is near(B)
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

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10 They will be entangled among thorns(A)
    and drunk(B) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

The mountains quake(A) before him
    and the hills melt away.(B)
The earth trembles(C) at his presence,
    the world and all who live in it.(D)
Who can withstand(E) his indignation?
    Who can endure(F) his fierce anger?(G)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(H)
    the rocks are shattered(I) before him.

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An Army of Locusts

Blow the trumpet(A) in Zion;(B)
    sound the alarm on my holy hill.(C)

Let all who live in the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord(D) is coming.
It is close at hand(E)

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“In the greatness of your majesty(A)
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;(B)
    it consumed(C) them like stubble.

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31 The sun will be turned to darkness(A)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(B)

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“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(A) before them,
    though they were tall(B) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(C)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(D) below.

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10 “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod(A) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!

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