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For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah 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 its [a]wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol 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 [b]make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers [c]to the children, and the heart of the children [d]to their fathers; lest I come and smite the [e]earth with a [f]curse.

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:2 Or, beams
  2. Malachi 4:3 Or, do this
  3. Malachi 4:6 Or, with
  4. Malachi 4:6 Or, with
  5. Malachi 4:6 Or, land
  6. Malachi 4:6 Or, ban. Or, devoting to destruction

[a] “For look! The day is about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every evildoer[b] will be stubble. The coming day will consume[c] them,” says Yahweh of hosts. “It will not leave behind for them root or branch. But for you who revere[d] my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like fattened calves.[e] You will trample down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am going to act,” says Yahweh of hosts.

“Remember the instruction[f] of my servant Moses, which I commanded him at Horeb to all Israel, the rules and regulations. Look! I am going to send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh! And he will bring back[g] the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the hearts of the sons to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with a ban.”

Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 Malachi 4:1–6 in the English Bible is 3:19–24 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Malachi 4:1 Literally “doer of wickedness”
  3. Malachi 4:1 Or “devour”
  4. Malachi 4:2 Or “fear”
  5. Malachi 4:2 Literally “bull-calves of the animal stall” (on the idiom see HALOT 631 s.v.)
  6. Malachi 4:4 Or “law”; Hebrew torah
  7. Malachi 4:6 Or “And he will restore”