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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 theLordAlmighty. “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 theLordAlmighty.

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 theLordcomes.(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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