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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Malachi 4:1-6

Wickedness and Pride Shall Find Judgment Malachi 3:13-18 ; Malachi 4:1-6 The day cometh! either in the fall of Jerusalem or in some terrible catastrophe yet future. Whenever it comes may we be reckoned as God’s peculiar treasure, preserved as a woman preserves her jewels in the day of calamity, Malachi 3:17 . Sorrow and disaster are perpetually befalling the proud, or those that do wickedly; while on those who fear God’s name the dawn of the sun of righteousness is forever breaking and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:1-6

All this leads to his great declaration concerning the coming day. This day he described in its twofold effect. Toward the wicked it would be a day of burning and of destruction. Toward the righteous it would be a day of healing and of salvation. The closing words of the prophet called on the people to remember the law of Moses, promised that a herald would come before the day of the Lord, and ended with a solemn suggestion of judgment. So the word ends. Malachi's voice ceases. He had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1-3

YHWH’s Final Charge Against His People, That They Have Spoken Against Him (Malachi 3:13 to Malachi 4:3 ). In this section YHWH finalises His list of complaints by distinguishing between the majority who have spoken against Him, and the minority Who have constantly spoken lovingly of Him, whose names are written in His Book of Remembrance, and He contrasts what the end will be of both groups. Malachi 3:13-14 ‘Your words have been stout against me, Says YHWH, Yet you say, What have we said to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1-3

Malachi 3:13 to Malachi 4:3 . The Final Triumph of Righteousness.— The prophet here returns to the complaint of those who thought that religion did not pay (with Malachi 3:14; cf. Malachi 2:17). They had “ kept God’ s charge,” faithfully observing their religious duties, and even wearing the sackcloth and ashes which marked humiliation and penance. Yet it is the arrogant and lax members of the community ( cf. Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:51, etc.) that do well; they challenge God’ s judgment... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Malachi 4:3

And ye: see Malachi 4:2. Shall tread down the wicked: now the ungodly, proud, and atheistical despisers of God, providence, and future judgments. do tread down those that fear God and are godly, but it shall not be so always; that word, Psalms 58:10,Psalms 58:11, and that, Isaiah 66:24, and that, Revelation 18:20, shall be fulfilled in the overthrow of the bad, and in the triumphs of the good. But, more particularly, this treading seems to be intended of those who, after the sacking and burning... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Malachi 4:1-5

CRITICAL NOTES.] The ungodly admonished for the day] of judgment. Results to the wicked awful. Burn] as an oven] or furnace (cf. Matthew 6:30). “A fire burns more fiercely in a furnace than in the open air” [Hengs.]. The proud] called happy (ch. Malachi 3:15), and all the wicked] like stubble] fit for fire: destroyed “root and branch,” i.e. utterly. 2]. To the righteous, the day an advent of justice and salvation. Sun] The Messiah set forth as most glorious and beneficent. What the sun is to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:1-6

Chapter 4So the Lord has promised to spare us from what, and when? The Lord will spare us when His day of judgment comes. Chapter 4, verse Malachi 4:1 :For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all of the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be the stubble: and the day that cometh shall come shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch ( Malachi 4:1 ).The great day of God's judgment that is coming, but those who fear the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 4:1-6

Malachi 4:1 . Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven. The anger of God against the jews for crucifying “the Lord of glory,” and persecuting his saints. The sin of rejecting the remedy is more than the disease. It shall burn them up it shall leave them neither root nor branch. It shall make an utter end of all the nobles that condemned the Saviour, and cut off all their infant offspring during the tremendous siege. Surely there is with God a day of retribution for the crimes of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Malachi 4:3

Mal 4:3 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. Ver. 3. And ye shall tread down the wicked ] Christ, the champion of his Church, hath already won the field, and will shortly set his people’s feet upon the necks of all their enemies. The broken horns of Satan himself shall be the trumpets of their triumph and the cornets of their joy, Romans 16:20 . See what honour all the saints have in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Malachi 4:3

tread down: Genesis 3:15, Joshua 10:24, Joshua 10:25, 2 Samuel 22:43, Job 40:12, Psalms 91:13, Isaiah 25:10, Isaiah 26:6, Isaiah 63:3-Joshua :, Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:27, Micah 5:8, Micah 7:10, Zechariah 10:5, Romans 16:20, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 14:20 Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:39 - General 1 Kings 5:3 - put 2 Kings 9:33 - and he trode 2 Chronicles 22:7 - destruction Psalms 7:5 - tread Psalms 9:5 - destroyed Psalms 18:42 - cast Psalms 49:14 - upright Psalms 60:12 - tread Psalms 119:118 -... read more