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. 1DRAFor behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor 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. 2DRABut unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.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. 3DRAAnd you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.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. 4DRARemember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments.BSBBSB: “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
6. 5DRABehold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.BSBBSB: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
7. 6DRAAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema.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.”