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Malachi 4
Bringing Malachi and the Old Testament prophetic canon to a close, this chapter contrasts a coming day of judgment with the warm healing awaiting those who fear God's name. The prophet urges remembrance of the law of Moses and speaks of the promise of a messenger in Elijah who will arrive before the great day to reconcile parents and children. Standing as the final chapter, the text frames future expectation around moral responsibility and family harmony. A key verse radiates enduring hope: "But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings" (Malachi 4:2).
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.
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.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
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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