Malachi 4Malachi4

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1. The Day of the LORD

   (Zephaniah 1:7–18; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11; 2 Peter 3:8–13)

2. 1BBEFor see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.BSBBSB: “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.”
3. 2BBEBut to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.BSBBSB: “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.
4. 3BBEAnd the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.BSBBSB: Then 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.
5. 4BBEKeep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.BSBBSB: “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
6. 5BBESee, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.BSBBSB: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
7. 6BBEAnd by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.BSBBSB: And 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.”