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Malachi 4:1
1“For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches.
Malachi 4:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch.
Context of Malachi 4:1
“For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches. 2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall. 3You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the Lord of Armies.
Read all of Malachi 4Malachi 4:1 word by word
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ בָּ֔א בֹּעֵ֖ר כַּתַּנּ֑וּר וְהָי֨וּ כָל־זֵדִ֜ים וְכָל־עֹשֵׂ֤ה רִשְׁעָה֙ קַ֔שׁ וְלִהַ֨ט אֹתָ֜ם הַיּ֣וֹם הַבָּ֗א אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יַעֲזֹ֥ב לָהֶ֖ם שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ וְעָנָֽף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For, behold, the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- that shall burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
- as an ovenתַּנּוּרtannûr · ovenH8574
- and all the proudזֵדzêd · arrogantH2086
- yea, and all that doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: [do]H6213
- wickedlyרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564
- shall be stubbleקַשׁqash · stubbleH7179
- shall burn them upלָהַטlâhaţ · to kindleH3857
- saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- that it shall leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- them neither rootשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
- nor branchעָנָף‛ânâph · branchH6057
Cross-references for Malachi 4:1
- Malachi 4:5Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s bleach.
- Ezekiel 7:10Here is the day! Here it comes! Doom is on its way. The rod has blossomed; arrogance has bloomed.
- Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the residents of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; in fact, it is near —
- Zephaniah 1:14The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. Listen, the day of the Lord — then the warrior’s cry is bitter.
- Zechariah 14:1Look, a day belonging to the Lord is coming when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your presence.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come on you when your enemies will build a barricade around you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
- Luke 21:20“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.
- 2 Peter 3:7By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
- Psalms 21:9You will make them burn like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord will engulf them in his wrath, and fire will devour them.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles at his presence — the world and all who live in it.
- Zephaniah 1:18Their silver and their gold will be unable to rescue them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Matthew 3:12His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8when he takes vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Malachi 3:15So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”
- Exodus 15:7You overthrew your adversaries by your great majesty. You unleashed your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
Commentaries on Malachi 4:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven - The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. And all the proud - This is in reference to Malachi 3:15; of the preceding chapter. The day that cometh shall burn them up - Either by famine, by sword, or by captivity. All those rebels shall be destroyed. It shall leave them neither root nor branch - A proverbial expression for total destruction. Neither man nor child shall escape.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1For, behold, the day cometh, which shall burn as an oven - He had declared the great severance of the God-fearing and the God-blaspheming, those who served and those who did not serve God; the righteous and the wicked; now he declares the way and time of the severance, the Day of Judgment. Daniel had described the fire of that day, Daniel 7:9-10, “The throne (of the Ancient of days) was a fiery flame; his wheels a burning fire: a fiery stream issued and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The judgements on the wicked, and the happiness of the righteous. (1-3) Regard to be had to the law; John the Baptist promised as the forerunner of Messiah. (4-6) Verses 1-3 Here is a reference to the first and to the second coming of Christ: God has fixed the day of both. Those who do wickedly, who do not fear God's anger, shall feel it. It is certainly to be applied to the day of judgment, when Christ shall be revealed in flaming fire; to execute…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3This message moves away from debate and directly warns people that repentance is the only proper response to the Lord's message because God's judgment is unavoidable.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61. the day cometh ... burn--(Mal 3:2; 2Pe 3:7). Primarily is meant the judgment coming on Jerusalem; but as this will not exhaust the meaning, without supposing what is inadmissible in Scripture--exaggeration--the final and full accomplishment, of which the former was the earnest, is the day of general judgment. This principle of interpretation is not double, but successive fulfilment. The language is abrupt, "Behold, the day cometh! It burns like a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Malachi 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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