Mal 4 | 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

The Day of the Lord

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. 2 But for you who ^{▼▼fear(s) God or the Lord/ the fear of the Lord: No single English word conveys every aspect of the word fear in this phrase. The meaning includes worshipful submission, reverential awe, and obedient respect to the covenant-keeping God of Israel.}fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, ^d and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall. ^{▼▼Or like stall-fed calves} 3 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.

A Final Warning

4 “Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb ^f for all Israel. 5 Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet ^g before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes. ^h 6 ^{▼▼Mal 3:24 in Hb}And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. ^j Otherwise, I will come and strike the land ^{▼▼Or earth} with a curse.”