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Malachi 4 Summary
The Day of the Lord and Elijah's Coming
The Lord declares that a day is coming that shall burn as an oven, consuming all the proud and wicked, leaving them neither root nor branch. However, for those that fear His name, the Sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings, and they shall tread down the wicked as ashes. The Lord commands Israel to remember the law of Moses and His statutes, and promises to send Elijah the prophet before the great and dreadful day of the Lord to turn the hearts of fathers and children to one another, lest He come and smite the earth with a curse.
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Malachi 4:1
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”
Malachi 4:2
“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.”
Malachi 4:5
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:”
Malachi 4:6
“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
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