Malaquías 4:3

3 El día que yo actúe ustedes pisotearán a los malvados, y bajo sus pies quedarán hechos polvo —dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso—.

Malaquías 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked
As grapes in the winepress, as Christ did before them, ( Isaiah 63:2 Isaiah 63:3 ) and they by virtue of him; who makes them more than conquerors through himself, over all their enemies, spiritual and temporal: for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet;
this refers to the burning of them, ( Malachi 4:1 ) and may be literally understood of their being burnt with the city and temple; when afterwards, as Grotius observes, the city of Jerusalem being in some measure rebuilt, and called Aelia, there was a Christian church in it, governed by bishops, who were converted Jews; and so might be literally said to trample upon the ashes of the wicked, who had persecuted them in times past, they being upon the very spot where these men were destroyed by fire: in the day that I shall do [this], saith the Lord of hosts:
or "in the day which I make" ^F13; that is, by the rising of the sun of righteousness, the Gospel day. The Talmud ^F14 interprets this verse of the bodies of the wicked in hell, which after twelve months will be consumed, and the wind will scatter them under the soles of the feet of the righteous.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (hve yna rva Mwyb) "eo die, quem ego facio", Cocceius.
F14 T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 17. 1.

Malaquías 4:3 In-Context

1 »Miren, ya viene el día, ardiente como un horno. Todos los soberbios y todos los malvados serán como paja, y aquel día les prenderá fuego hasta dejarlos sin raíz ni rama —dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso—.

2 Pero para ustedes que temen mi nombre, se levantará el sol de justicia trayendo en sus rayos salud. Y ustedes saldrán saltando como becerros recién alimentados.

3 El día que yo actúe ustedes pisotearán a los malvados, y bajo sus pies quedarán hechos polvo —dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso—.

4 »Acuérdense de la ley de mi siervo Moisés. Recuerden los preceptos y las leyes que le di en Horeb para todo Israel.

5 »Estoy por enviarles al profeta Elías antes que llegue el día del SEÑOR, día grande y terrible.