A courtroom opening. God says "I have loved you" and the congregation answers "how?" — then brings blind and lame animals to the altar. Polyrhythmic, accusatory, unwilling to let the audience off.
““A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’”— Malachi 1:6 (WEB)
I have loved you, says the shadow on the throne
Malachi 1:2 (NLT)I have always loved you, says the LORD.
Yet you tilt your head and whisper, "How?"
Malachi 1:2 (NLT)But you reply, Really? How have you loved us?
Was not the twin a brother in the blood-red loam?
Malachi 1:2 (NLT)And the LORD replies, This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob, but I rejected his brother, Esau...
One I wrapped in light, the other I cast down
Malachi 1:3 (NLT)...I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country.
Turned his jagged peaks to jackal-haunted stone
Malachi 1:3 (NLT)I turned Esau’s inheritance into a desert for jackals.
A wasteland where the wild winds still moan
Malachi 1:4 (NLT)They will be known as The Land of Wickedness...
Your eyes will widen when the ruins speak alone
Malachi 1:5 (NLT)Then you will see these things with your own eyes...
"The Lord is greater than these borders ever known."
Malachi 1:5 (NLT)...and you will say, The LORD’s greatness reaches far beyond Israel’s borders!
A SON HONORS FATHER, A SLAVE HIS LORD IN CHAINS
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master.
WHERE IS MY HONOR? WHERE IS MY HOLY FEAR?
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve?
YOU PRIESTS SPIT ON MY NAME WITH YOUR TAINTED GAINS
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)You have shown contempt for my name!
BLIND LAMBS, LAME HEARTS, SICK OFFERINGS HERE!
Malachi 1:8 (NLT)When you give blind animals in sacrifice, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased?
You drag polluted bread across My table’s edge
Malachi 1:7 (NLT)You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.
And yawn, "What a weariness to serve this King."
Malachi 1:13 (NLT)You say, It’s too hard to serve the LORD, and you turn up your noses at my commands.
Stolen, crippled, dying beasts you boldly pledge
Malachi 1:13 (NLT)Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings!
Would your own ruler swallow such a rotten thing?
Malachi 1:8 (NLT)Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!
I take no pleasure in your hollow masquerade
Malachi 1:10 (NLT)I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies...
No offering of yours will I embrace today.
Malachi 1:10 (NLT)...and I will not accept your offerings.
From the first light bleeding till the last ember dies
Malachi 1:11 (NLT)But my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night.
My name will thunder through the nations’ skies
Malachi 1:11 (NLT)But my name is honored by people of other nations...
Pure incense rising where no temple stands
Malachi 1:11 (NLT)All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name.
I am the Great King—tremble at My hands
Malachi 1:14 (NLT)For I am a great king, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, and my name is feared among the nations!
But cursed is the liar who vows the finest prize
Malachi 1:14 (NLT)Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock...
Then slips the broken, the defiled, the compromised.
Malachi 1:14 (NLT)...but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord.
A SON HONORS FATHER, A SLAVE HIS LORD IN CHAINS
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master.
WHERE IS MY HONOR? WHERE IS MY HOLY FEAR?
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve?
YOU PRIESTS SPIT ON MY NAME WITH YOUR TAINTED GAINS
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)You have shown contempt for my name!
BLIND LAMBS, LAME HEARTS, SICK OFFERINGS HERE!
Malachi 1:8 (NLT)When you give blind animals in sacrifice, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased?
My name… is great… among the nations…
Malachi 1:11 (NLT)For my name is great among the nations, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
Great… among the nations…
Malachi 1:11 (NLT)For my name is great among the nations...
I have loved you…
Malachi 1:2 (NLT)I have always loved you, says the LORD.
Yet you show contempt… in the dark.
Malachi 1:6 (NLT)You have shown contempt for my name!
Full passage — Malachi 1:1-14 WEB
- 1A revelation, Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi.
- 2“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says Yahweh, “Yet I loved Jacob;
- 3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
- 4Whereas Edom says, “We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places”; Yahweh of Armies says, “They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them ‘The Wicked Land,’ even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever.”
- 5Your eyes will see, and you will say, “Yahweh is great—even beyond the border of Israel!”
- 6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
- 7You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’
- 8When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 9“Now, please entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With this, will he accept any of you?” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 10“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
- 11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 12“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
- 13You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.
- 14“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
The charge against the priests and against faithless marriage. Sharp, close-mic’d, and unusually personal: the covenant broken at the altar and the covenant broken at home, treated as the same failure.
“For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.”— Malachi 2:16 (WEB)
And now this command is for you, O priests of the night
Malachi 2:1 (NLT)Listen, you priests—this command is for you!
Will you listen… or let the blessings die?
Malachi 2:2 (NLT)Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name...
If you will not take My name to heart
Malachi 2:2 (NLT)...or I will bring a terrible curse against you.
I will send the curse that cannot be denied
Malachi 2:2 (NLT)I will curse even the blessings you receive.
I will curse your blessings till they turn to dust
Malachi 2:2 (NLT)Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
Your offerings scattered like ashes in the gust.
Malachi 2:3 (NLT)I will smear your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and you will be thrown out with the manure.
HAVE WE NOT ALL ONE FATHER?
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)Are we not all children of the same Father?
DID NOT ONE GOD CREATE US ALL?
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)Are we not all created by the same God?
WHY DO WE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY?
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)Then why do we betray each other...
PROPHANING THE COVENANT — WATCH IT FALL!
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)...violating the covenant of our ancestors?
You cover the altar with tears and with groans
Malachi 2:13 (NLT)You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he pays no attention to your offerings...
You weep because the wife of your youth is alone
Malachi 2:14 (NLT)You cry out, Why doesn’t the LORD accept my worship? I’ll tell you why! Because the LORD witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young.
She was your partner, the wife of your covenant vow
Malachi 2:14 (NLT)She remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.
Yet you cast her off like a broken vow
Malachi 2:14 (NLT)But you have been unfaithful to her...
The Lord is witness between you and the one you betrayed
Malachi 2:14 (NLT)Because the LORD witnessed the vows you and your wife made...
Take heed to your spirit before the light fades.
Malachi 2:15 (NLT)So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.
My covenant with Levi was life and peace
Malachi 2:5 (NLT)The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them.
Fear and reverence, a flame that would not cease
Malachi 2:5 (NLT)This required them to reverence me, and they greatly feared my name.
True instruction was in his mouth, no wrong was found
Malachi 2:6 (NLT)They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat...
But you have turned aside and caused the stumbling crowd
Malachi 2:8 (NLT)But you priests have left God’s paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin.
Therefore I have made you despised and low
Malachi 2:9 (NLT)So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people.
You have corrupted the covenant — now watch it grow.
Malachi 2:8 (NLT)You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
HAVE WE NOT ALL ONE FATHER?
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)Are we not all children of the same Father?
DID NOT ONE GOD CREATE US ALL?
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)Are we not all created by the same God?
WHY DO WE DEAL TREACHEROUSLY?
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)Then why do we betray each other...
PROPHANING THE COVENANT — WATCH IT FALL!
Malachi 2:10 (NLT)...violating the covenant of our ancestors?
Take heed to your spirit…
Malachi 2:15 (NLT)So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.
The Lord is witness…
Malachi 2:14 (NLT)Because the LORD witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young.
God hates the putting away…
Malachi 2:16 (NLT)For I hate divorce! says the LORD, the God of Israel.
Yet still the covenant remains…
Malachi 2:16 (NLT)So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.
In the dark.
Malachi 2:17 (NLT)You have wearied the LORD with your words.
Full passage — Malachi 2:1-17 WEB
- 1“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
- 2If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
- 3Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
- 4You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 5“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
- 6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
- 7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.
- 8But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 9“Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
- 10Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
- 11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
- 12Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
- 13This again you do: you cover Yahweh’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
- 14Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
- 15Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
- 16For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.
- 17You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
The refiner’s fire and the ledger. A messenger nobody asked for arrives to sit over the silver, and the book of remembrance is opened for those who kept talking to each other about God.
“and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.”— Malachi 3:3 (WEB)
Behold, I send My messenger before My face
Malachi 3:1 (NLT)Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me.
He will prepare the way — will you make it straight?
Malachi 3:1 (NLT)...and he will prepare the way before me.
The Lord whom you seek will suddenly appear
Malachi 3:1 (NLT)Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple.
But who can endure the day that draws so near?
Malachi 3:2 (NLT)But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears?
He comes like refiner’s fire, like launderer’s soap
Malachi 3:2 (NLT)For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.
To purify the sons of Levi — watch them burn and hope.
Malachi 3:3 (NLT)He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver...
WILL YOU ROB YOUR GOD?
Malachi 3:8 (NLT)Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!
RETURN TO ME — I WILL RETURN TO YOU!
Malachi 3:7 (NLT)Now return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
BRING THE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE NOW
Malachi 3:10 (NLT)Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple.
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WILL POUR DOWN ON YOU!
Malachi 3:10 (NLT)If you do... I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in!
Your words have been harsh against Me, says the Lord
Malachi 3:13 (NLT)You have said terrible things about me, says the LORD.
You say "What profit is it to serve the Lord?"
Malachi 3:14 (NLT)You have said, What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands...
The arrogant are blessed, the evildoers thrive
Malachi 3:15 (NLT)From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.
Yet those who fear My name will stay alive
Malachi 3:16 (NLT)Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said.
They will be Mine on the day I make My own
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)They will be my people, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure.
A treasured possession — never overthrown.
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)...they will be my own special treasure.
I will send the refiner’s fire into the night
Malachi 3:2 (NLT)For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal...
I will purify the sons of Levi in My sight
Malachi 3:3 (NLT)He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver...
They will offer righteous offerings once again
Malachi 3:3 (NLT)...so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
And the offering of Judah will be sweet to Me then.
Malachi 3:4 (NLT)Then once more the LORD will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem...
WILL YOU ROB YOUR GOD?
Malachi 3:8 (NLT)Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!
RETURN TO ME — I WILL RETURN TO YOU!
Malachi 3:7 (NLT)Now return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
BRING THE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE NOW
Malachi 3:10 (NLT)Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple.
THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WILL POUR DOWN ON YOU!
Malachi 3:10 (NLT)If you do... I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in!
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another…
Malachi 3:16 (NLT)Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said.
A book of remembrance was written before Me…
Malachi 3:16 (NLT)In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name.
They shall be Mine… on that day…
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)They will be my people, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The Lord of hosts… will spare them…
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
In the dark.
Malachi 3:18 (NLT)Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked...
Full passage — Malachi 3:1-18 WEB
- 1“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 2“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
- 3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
- 4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
- 5I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 6“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- 7From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
- 8Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
- 9You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
- 10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.
- 11I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 12“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 13“Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
- 14You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God;’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
- 15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
- 16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- 17They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- 18Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
The furnace and the sunrise in the same breath. The last prophetic word before four centuries of silence, scored as a fade that refuses to resolve.
“But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.”— Malachi 4:2 (WEB)
For behold the day is coming, burning like an oven
Malachi 4:1 (NLT)The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace.
All the arrogant and evildoers will be stubble then
Malachi 4:1 (NLT)On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw.
The day that comes will set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts
Malachi 4:1 (NLT)They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
Leaving neither root nor branch — only smoke and ghosts
Malachi 4:1 (NLT)They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
But for you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness will rise
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.
With healing in His wings — you will go out and leap like calves released.
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
REMEMBER THE LAW OF MOSES…
Malachi 4:4 (NLT)Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel.
BEHOLD I SEND ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT DAY!
Malachi 4:5 (NLT)Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the LORD arrives.
HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN
Malachi 4:6 (NLT)His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children...
AND THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS…
Malachi 4:6 (NLT)...and the hearts of children to their fathers.
OR I WILL COME AND STRIKE THE LAND WITH A CURSE!
Malachi 4:6 (NLT)Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.
They will be Mine, says the Lord, on the day I make up My treasure
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)They will be my people, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure.
A book of remembrance was written for those who feared My name
Malachi 3:16 (NLT)In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him...
They will be My treasured possession when I act
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)...they will be my own special treasure.
And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves.
Malachi 3:17 (NLT)I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
But for you who fear My name…
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)But for you who fear my name...
The Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings…
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)...the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.
You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall…
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
And you will tread down the wicked…
Malachi 4:3 (NLT)On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet...
Like ashes under the soles of your feet…
Malachi 4:3 (NLT)...as if they were dust under your feet...
On the day I act, says the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 4:3 (NLT)...says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
REMEMBER THE LAW OF MOSES…
Malachi 4:4 (NLT)Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel.
BEHOLD I SEND ELIJAH BEFORE THE GREAT DAY!
Malachi 4:5 (NLT)Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the LORD arrives.
HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN
Malachi 4:6 (NLT)His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children...
AND THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS…
Malachi 4:6 (NLT)...and the hearts of children to their fathers.
OR I WILL COME AND STRIKE THE LAND WITH A CURSE!
Malachi 4:6 (NLT)Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.
The Sun of Righteousness… will rise…
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)...the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.
With healing… in His wings…
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)...with healing in his wings.
You will leap… like calves from the stall…
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
The Lord of hosts… has spoken…
Malachi 4:3 (NLT)...says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
In the light.
Malachi 4:2 (NLT)...the Sun of Righteousness will rise...
Full passage — Malachi 4:1-6 WEB
- 1“For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- 2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- 3You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 4“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
- 5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
- 6He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”