Malachi 44MalachiThe messenger and the day of the LordunfoldingWord® Literal Text

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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. 1ULTFor behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all of the arrogant and all of the doers of wickedness will be stubble. And the coming day will kindle them,” says Yahweh of Armies,“so that it will not leave to them root or 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. 2ULTBut for you fearers of my name, the sun of righteousness will rise, and healing{ will be} upon its wings. And you will go out and skip like calves of the stall.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. 3ULTAnd you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I{ am} preparing,” says Yahweh 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. 4ULT“Remember the instruction of Moses my servant, which I commanded him at Horeb for all of Israel, the statutes and the judgments.BSBBSB: “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
6. 5ULTBehold, I{ am} sending to you Elijah the prophet to the face of the coming of the great and fearsome day of Yahweh.BSBBSB: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
7. 6ULTAnd he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land{ with} 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.”