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Malachi 4
New International Version

### Judgment and Covenant Renewal

4 [a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name,(G) the sun of righteousness(H) will rise with healing(I) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(J) like well-fed calves. 3 Then you will trample(K) on the wicked; they will be ashes(L) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

4 “Remember the law(M) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb(N) for all Israel.(O)

5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah(P) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(Q) 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children,(R) and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike(S) the land with total destruction.”(T)

#### Footnotes

1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

#### Cross references

1. Malachi 4:1 : S Da 7:13; S Joel 2:31; Mt 11:14; Ac 2:20
2. Malachi 4:1 : S Isa 31:9
3. Malachi 4:1 : S Isa 2:12
4. Malachi 4:1 : S Isa 5:24; S Na 1:10
5. Malachi 4:1 : S Isa 1:31
6. Malachi 4:1 : S 2Ki 10:11; S Eze 17:8; S Mt 3:10
7. Malachi 4:2 : S Dt 28:58; Ps 61:5; 111:9; Rev 14:1
8. Malachi 4:2 : S Ps 118:27; S Isa 9:2; S 45:8; Lk 1:78; Eph 5:14
9. Malachi 4:2 : S 2Ch 7:14; S Isa 30:26; S Mt 4:23; Rev 22:2
10. Malachi 4:2 : S Isa 35:6
11. Malachi 4:3 : S Job 40:12; Ps 18:40-42
12. Malachi 4:3 : Eze 28:18
13. Malachi 4:4 : S Dt 28:61; S Ps 147:19; Mt 5:17; 7:12; Ro 2:13; 4:15; Gal 3:24
14. Malachi 4:4 : S Ex 3:1
15. Malachi 4:4 : S Ex 20:1
16. Malachi 4:5 : S 1Ki 17:1; S Mt 11:14; 16:14
17. Malachi 4:5 : S Joel 2:31
18. Malachi 4:6 : Lk 1:17
19. Malachi 4:6 : S Isa 11:4; Rev 19:15
20. Malachi 4:6 : S Dt 11:26; S 13:15; S Jos 6:17; S 23:15; S Zec 5:3

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