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Malachi 4

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1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

3 Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

4 “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

KJV

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.

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Of Christo and John the Baptist.

1 For, behold, a day cometh, which shall burn as an oven; and all the rejecters and the wicked shall be straw, and the day that is to come shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, and shall leave them neither root nor branch.

2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise, and salvation under the wings thereof; and ye shall go forth and come in, and wax as fatlings.

3 Ye shall tread down the wicked: for they shall be ashes under your feet in the day that I will make, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in mount Horeb unto all Israel, with the commandments and the statutes.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

6 Who shall turn the heart of the fathers unto the children, and the heart of the children unto their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. Gospel of Matthew ^ The Holy Scriptures

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible

The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.

Source attribution: BackToLuther, “Luther's 1545 Bible - in English by… DeepL Translator (The LED Bible)”.

For print editions, see “1545 Luther's English Bible (LED): now in print”.

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