Malachi 4:1-2

New King James Version

The Great Day of God

4 “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.
²But 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.

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Psalm 98

New King James Version

A Song of Praise to the Lord for His Salvation and Judgment

A Psalm.

98 Oh, ^(A)sing to the Lord a new song!
For He has ^(B)done marvelous things;
His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
²^(C)The Lord has made known His salvation;
^(D)His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the ^[a]nations.
³He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
^(E)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
⁵Sing to the Lord with the harp,
With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
⁶With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.

⁷Let the sea roar, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell in it;
⁸Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the hills be joyful together
⁹ before the Lord,
^(F)For He is coming to judge the earth.
With righteousness He shall judge the world,
And the peoples with ^[b]equity.

Footnotes

Psalm 98:2 Gentiles
Psalm 98:9 uprightness

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

New King James Version

Warning Against Idleness

⁶But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(A)that you withdraw ^(B)from every brother who walks ^(C)disorderly and not according to the tradition which ^[a]he received from us. ⁷For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; ⁸nor did we eat anyone’s bread ^[b]free of charge, but worked with ^(D)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, ⁹not because we do not have ^(E)authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

¹⁰For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. ¹¹For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are ^(F)busybodies. ¹²Now those who are such we command and ^[c]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ ^(G)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

¹³But as for you, brethren, ^(H)do not grow weary in doing good.

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Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 3:6 NU, M they
2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit. for nothing
2 Thessalonians 3:12 encourage

Luke 21:5-19

New King James Version

Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple^(A)

⁵^(B)Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was ^[a]adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, ⁶“These things which you see—the days will come in which ^(C)not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age^(D)

⁷So they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?”

⁸And He said: ^(E)“Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ ^[b]Therefore do not ^[c]go after them. ⁹But when you hear of ^(F)wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.”

¹⁰^(G)Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹And there will be great ^(H)earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. ¹²^(I)But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and ^(J)prisons. ^(K)You will be brought before kings and rulers ^(L)for My name’s sake. ¹³But ^(M)it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. ¹⁴^(N)Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will ^[d]answer; ¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom ^(O)which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or ^[e]resist. ¹⁶^(P)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put ^(Q)some of you to death. ¹⁷And ^(R)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ¹⁸^(S)But not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹By your patience possess your souls.