Malachi 4
Berean Standard Bible · Compare translations · 460 BC – 430 BC · Return & rebuilding · Tap a verse to copy, share or highlight ·
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The Day of the LORD
1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. 3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the Lord of Hosts.
4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord. 6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Footnotes (4)
- a v2 Or the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings
- b v4 That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai
- c v5 Or dreadful; LXX glorious
- d v6 Cited in Luke 1:17
Study notes on this chapter · 1
Elijah before the day of the LORD
Malachi promises that God will send 'Elijah the prophet' before the great and awesome day of the LORD to turn hearts. Jesus says John the Baptist is the Elijah who was to come, and Gabriel says John will go in Elijah's spirit and power.
When: Malachi, c. 450–430 BC; John's ministry, c. AD 27–29.
Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.