Malachichapter 4
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A.The day burning like an oven, and the Sun of Righteousnessvv. 1-3
1 “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.” 2 “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. 3 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.
B.Remember the law; Elijah before the great and terrible dayvv. 4-6
4 “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. 6 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.”
Chapter summary
The Old Testament ends looking straight at the day of Jehovah: 'behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace,' leaving the proud and the wicked neither root nor branch.
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Chapter summary
The Old Testament ends looking straight at the day of Jehovah: 'behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace,' leaving the proud and the wicked neither root nor branch.
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The Old Testament ends looking straight at the day of Jehovah: 'behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace,' leaving the proud and the wicked neither root nor branch. And in the same breath, for those on the other side: 'unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall' (4:2). Two last commands close the canon, remember the law of Moses given at Horeb, and watch for the forerunner: 'Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.' Jesus points to John in that role (Matthew 11). Then four hundred silent years.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Malachi — Malachi overview
- A. 1–3 The day burning like an oven, and the Sun of Righteousness
- B. 4–6 Remember the law; Elijah before the great and terrible day
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- Luke 1:16Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
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2 Thessalonians 11 verse
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.