Isa 11:4, Joe 2:30-31, Mal 3:2-3, 4:1, Mat 3:10-12, Luk 12:51-52 | ESV | STEP | but with righteousness he shall judge the poor , and decide with equity for the meek of the earth ; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth , and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked .

Isaiah 11:4

4 but ^awith righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall ^bstrike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and ^cwith the breath of his lips ^dhe shall kill the wicked.

Joel 2:30-31

30 “And I will show ^ewonders in the heavens and ^fon the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 ^gThe sun shall be turned to darkness, ^hand the moon to blood, ⁱbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

Malachi 3:2-3

2 But ^jwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ^khe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit ^las a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring ^mofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ^{▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness}

Malachi 4:1

The Great Day of the Lord

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew} “For behold, ^pthe day is coming, ^qburning like an oven, when ^rall the arrogant and ^sall evildoers ^twill be stubble. The day that is coming ^ushall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Matthew 3:10-12

10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ^vEvery tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 ^w“I baptize you with water ^xfor repentance, but ^yhe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^zwith the Holy Spirit and ^aafire. 12 His ^abwinnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^acgather his wheat into the barn, ^adbut the chaff he will burn with ^aeunquenchable fire.”

Luke 12:51-52

51 ^afDo you think that I have come to give peace on earth? ^agNo, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.