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Malachi 4:3

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.

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ASV

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣םve.'a.so.Temand you will tread downH6072 →
רְשָׁעִ֔יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
יִהְי֣וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961 →
אֵ֔פֶר'E.ferash[es]H665 →
תַּ֖חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
כַּפּ֣וֹתka.Pot[the] soles ofH3709 →
רַגְלֵיכֶ֑םrag.lei.Khemfeet yourH7272 →
בַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmon the dayH3117 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhenH834 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
עֹשֶׂ֔ה'o.Seh[will be] actingH6213 →
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →

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Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Psalms 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.Joshua 10:24–25When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.Joshua 10:24When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’

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About Malachi

Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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