Malachi 4

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

1 “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
3 Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty.
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

Cross References 20

  • 1. S Daniel 7:13; S Joel 2:31; Matthew 11:14; Acts 2:20
  • 2. S Isaiah 31:9
  • 3. S Isaiah 2:12
  • 4. S Isaiah 5:24; S Nahum 1:10; Obadiah 1:18
  • 5. S Isaiah 1:31
  • 6. S 2 Kings 10:11; S Ezekiel 17:8; S Matthew 3:10
  • 7. S Deuteronomy 28:58; Psalms 61:5; Psalms 111:9; Revelation 14:1
  • 8. S Psalms 118:27; S Isaiah 9:2; S Isaiah 45:8; Luke 1:78; Ephesians 5:14
  • 9. S 2 Chronicles 7:14; S Isaiah 30:26; S Matthew 4:23; Revelation 22:2
  • 10. S Isaiah 35:6
  • 11. S Job 40:12; Psalms 18:40-42
  • 12. Ezekiel 28:18
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 28:61; S Psalms 147:19; Matthew 5:17; Matthew 7:12; Romans 2:13; Romans 4:15; Galatians 3:24
  • 14. S Exodus 3:1
  • 15. S Exodus 20:1
  • 16. S 1 Kings 17:1; S Matthew 11:14; Matthew 16:14; Luke 1:17
  • 17. S Joel 2:31
  • 18. Luke 1:17
  • 19. S Isaiah 11:4; Revelation 19:15
  • 20. S Deuteronomy 11:26; S Deuteronomy 13:15; S Joshua 6:17; S Joshua 23:15; S Zechariah 5:3

Malachi 4 Commentaries

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