Mal 3:1-2, 5, 4:1-3, Mat 3:10-12, 21:43-44, 22:7, 23:35-37, 24:21 | ESV | STEP | Behold , I send my messenger , and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple ; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight , behold , he is coming , says the Lord of hosts .

Malachi 3:1-2

1 ^a“Behold, I send ^bmy messenger, and ^che will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^dwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^ethe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But ^fwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ^ghe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.

Malachi 3:5

5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^ha swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ⁱwho oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^jthe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:1-3

The Great Day of the Lord

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew} “For behold, ^lthe day is coming, ^mburning like an oven, when ⁿall the arrogant and ^oall evildoers ^pwill be stubble. The day that is coming ^qshall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you ^rwho fear my name, ^sthe sun ^tof righteousness shall rise ^uwith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^vleaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^won the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 3:10-12

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

11 ^y“I baptize you with water ^zfor repentance, but ^aahe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^abwith the Holy Spirit and ^acfire. 12 His ^adwinnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^aegather his wheat into the barn, ^afbut the chaff he will burn with ^agunquenchable fire.”

Matthew 21:43-44

43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God ^ahwill be taken away from you and given to a people ^aiproducing its fruits. 44 And ^ajthe one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and ^akwhen it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit verse 44}

Matthew 22:7

7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and ^amdestroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Matthew 23:35-37

35 so that on you may come all ^anthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous ^aoAbel to the blood of ^apZechariah the son of Barachiah, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah} whom you murdered between ^arthe sanctuary and ^asthe altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, ^atall these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^au“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^avkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^awgathered ^axyour children together ^ayas a hen gathers her brood ^azunder her wings, and ^bayou were not willing!

Matthew 24:21

21 For then there will be ^bbgreat tribulation, ^bcsuch as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.