Malachi 4 :: New International Version (NIV)

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

Mal 4:1“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.

Mal 4:2

Mal 4:2But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.

Mal 4:3

Mal 4:3Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty.

Mal 4:4

Mal 4:4“Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.

Mal 4:5

Mal 4:5“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.

Mal 4:6

Mal 4:6He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

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