El día del Señor

»Miren, ya viene el día, ardiente como un horno. Todos los soberbios y todos los malvados serán como paja; ese día les prenderá fuego hasta dejarlos sin raíz ni rama —dice el Señor de los Ejércitos—. Pero para ustedes que temen mi nombre, se levantará el sol de justicia trayendo en sus rayos[a] salud. Y ustedes saldrán saltando como becerros bien alimentados. El día que yo actúe ustedes pisotearán a los malvados y, bajo sus pies, quedarán hechos polvo —dice el Señor de los Ejércitos—.

»Acuérdense de la Ley de mi siervo Moisés. Recuerden los estatutos y las ordenanzas que di en Horeb para todo Israel.

»Estoy por enviarles al profeta Elías antes que llegue el día del Señor, día grande y terrible. Él hará que los padres se reconcilien con sus hijos y los hijos con sus padres; así no vendré a herir la tierra con destrucción total».

Footnotes

  1. 4:2 rayos. Lit. alas.

Final Admonition

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.(A) But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stall. You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” says the Lord of hosts.

“Remember [with thoughtful concern] the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on [Mount] Horeb [to give] to all Israel.

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.(B) He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].”(C)

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.