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. 1RVFor, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither 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. 2RVBut unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as 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. 3RVAnd ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, 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. 4RVRemember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and judgments.BSBBSB: “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
6. 5RVBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.BSBBSB: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
7. 6RVAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth 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.”