Malachi 4
1 Watch out! The day is coming—it burns like an oven—when the proud and the wicked will be burned like straw. When that day comes they will be completely burned up, root and branch, says the Lord Almighty.
‘The day is coming that will burn like a furnace, and all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will burn them up,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘leaving neither root nor branch.
2 But for those who have reverence for me, the sun of God's salvation will rise with healing in its wings, and you will be set free, leaping like calves released from their stalls.
But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.
3 You will trample the wicked as ashes under your feet on the day when I take action, says the Lord Almighty.
In the day when I act you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under the soles of your feet,’ says the Lord of hosts.
4 Remember the law of Moses my servant that I commanded him and all Israel to follow—all the instructions and ceremonies I gave on Mount Sinai.
‘Remember the law of Moses my servant, statutes and judgments which I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 Look! I am going to send Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord arrives, the great and terrifying day.
I am about to send to you Elijah the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
6 He will restore harmony between parents and children, and if that does not happen, I will come and strike the land with a curse.
He will turn fathers’ hearts to their sons and sons’ hearts to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgement.’
