Malachi 4
Chapter context
What is happening in Malachi 4?
worshipcovenant lovepriesthoodrepentance
Malachi 4 belongs to the closing movement of the book, especially the section often described as the coming messenger and the day of the Lord. Malachi rebukes dull worship, faithless living, and priestly corruption, while promising the Lord’s coming and the messenger who prepares the way. Read this chapter with the wider themes of worship, covenant love, and priesthood in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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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Glossary
- Mount Horeb Place v. 4
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Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Jebel Musa.