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.

主严惩恶人

万军之耶和华说:“那日临近,势如烧着的火炉,凡狂傲的和行恶的必如碎秸,在那日必被烧尽,根本、枝条一无存留。 但向你们敬畏我名的人,必有公义的日头出现,其光线[a]有医治之能。你们必出来,跳跃如圈里的肥犊。 你们必践踏恶人,在我所定的日子,他们必如灰尘在你们脚掌之下。这是万军之耶和华说的。

劝众遵律守诫

“你们当记念我仆人摩西的律法,就是我在何烈山为以色列众人所吩咐他的律例、典章。

预言以利亚奉遣而至

“看哪,耶和华大而可畏之日未到以前,我必差遣先知以利亚到你们那里去。 他必使父亲的心转向儿女,儿女的心转向父亲,免得我来咒诅遍地。”

Footnotes

  1. 玛拉基书 4:2 “光线”原文作“翅膀”。