1 For behold,r[ver. 5; ch. 3:2] the day is coming,s[2 Thess. 1:7, 8] burning like an oven, whentch. 3:15 all the arrogant andtch. 3:15 all evildoersuIsa. 47:14; [Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17] will be stubble. The day that is cominguIsa. 47:14; [Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17] shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for youvch. 3:16 who fear my name,wPs. 84:11; Luke 1:78; John 1:4; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 the sunx[Jer. 23:6] of righteousness shall riseyIsa. 53:5 with healing in its wings. You shall go outz[Jer. 50:11] leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet,aSee ch. 3:17 on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
4 b[Deut. 4:9, 10] RemembercSee Ex. 20:3-17; Deut. 4:10 the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 d[ch. 3:1] Behold, I will send youe[Matt. 11:14; Mark 9:11; Luke 1:17] Elijah the prophetfJoel 2:31 before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he willg[Luke 1:17] turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come andhIsa. 11:4; [Zech. 5:3] strike the land with a decree of utter destruction. ”