Malachi 4

The Great Day of the Lord

1 * 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew "For behold, *[ver. 5; ch. 3:2] the day is coming, *[2 Thess. 1:7,8] burning like an oven, when *ch. 3:15all the arrogant and *ch. 3:15all evildoers *Isa. 47:14;[Matt. 3:12;Luke 3:17]will be stubble. The day that is coming *Isa. 47:14;[Matt. 3:12;Luke 3:17]shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you *ch. 3:16who fear my name, *Ps. 84:11;Luke 1:78;John 1:4;8:12;9:5;12:46the sun *[Jer. 23:6] of righteousness shall rise *Isa. 53:5with healing in its wings. You shall go out *[Jer. 50:11]leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, *See ch. 3:17on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

4 *[Deut. 4:9,10] "Remember *See Ex. 20:3-17;Deut. 4:10the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules*4:4 Or and just decrees that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 *[ch. 3:1] "Behold, I will send you *[Matt. 11:14;Mark 9:11;Luke 1:17] Elijah the prophet *Joel 2:31before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will *[Luke 1:17] turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and *Isa. 11:4;[Zech. 5:3]strike the land with a decree of utter destruction."*4:6 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction