Malachi

Malachi 4 ©

1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good: 4 he exhorteth to the study of the law; 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office.

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FOR, behold, athe day cometh, that bshall burn as an oven; and all cthe proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, dshall be stubble: and ethe day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

a v.5. 2Pe. 3.10. Joel 2.31. Zep. 1.14-16. Lu. 19.43,44; 21.20-24. ch. 3.2.
b Mat. 3.10,12. De. 4.24. Ps. 21.9,10. Zep. 1.18; 2.2. Na. 1.5,6. 2Th. 1.8.
c ch. 3.15. Ob. 18. Ps. 119.121. Is. 2.12-17. Job 18.16. Is. 5.24. Am. 2.9.
d Is. 47.14.
e Lu. 3.9.
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¶But unto you that ffear my name shall the gSun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall hgo forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

f ch. 3.16. 1Pe. 2.17.
g Lu. 1.78. Jn. 1.4,9,14; 12.46. Je. 23.6. Da. 9.24. 1Co. 1.30. 2Co. 5.21. Ep. 5.14. 2Pe. 1.19. Re. 2.28. Is. 53.5. Ps. 84.11; 103.3. Ho. 14.4. Mat. 4.23,24; 11.5.
h 2Co. 3.17. Jn. 8.36; 10.9; 15.2,5. 2Pe. 3.18. Ho. 14.5-7. Ps. 92.12-14.
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And ye shall itread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet jin the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

i 2Sa. 22.43. Mi. 7.10. Zec. 10.5. Ps. 92.13. Ro. 16.20.
j ch. 3.17. Ps. 118.24.
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kRemember ye the llaw of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him min Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

k De. 12.32. Is. 8.20. Jn. 5.39,45. Ps. 147.19.
l Ex. 20-24. Le. 1-26. Nu. 5; 6; 15; 18; 19; 28; 29; 35. De. 4-27.
m De. 4.10.
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¶Behold, I will send you nElijah the prophet before the coming of othe great and dreadful day of the LORD:

n Is. 40.3. ch. 3.1. Mat. 11.14; 17.10-13. Lu. 1.17. Jn. 1.21. Mar. 9.12,13.
o v.1. Joel 2.31. ch. 3.3.
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And he pshall 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.

p Lu. 1.17.