Mal 4:1 | HCSB | STEP | “For indeed , the day is coming , burning like a furnace , when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble . The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Hosts , “not leaving them root or branches .

‏ Malachi 4:1

1 ^{▼▼Mal 3:19 in Hb}“For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts, “not leaving them root or branches.