Malachi 4:1,Malachi 4:5-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The great and terrible day of the Lord is here prophesied of. This, like the pillar of cloud and fire, shall have a dark side turned towards the Egyptians that fight against God, and a bright side towards the faithful Israelites that follow him: The day cometh, that is, the Lord cometh, the day of the Lord; and it has reference both to the first and to the second coming of Jesus Christ; the day of both was fixed, and should answer the character here given of it. I. In both Christ is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven ,.... Not the day of judgment, as Kimchi and other interpreters, both Jewish and Christian, think; but the day of Christ's coming in his kingdom and power, to take vengeance on the Jewish nation, which burned like an oven, both figuratively and literally; when the wrath of God, which is compared to fire, came upon that people to the uttermost; and when their city and temple were burnt about their ears, and they were surrounded with fire,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1

Behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven - The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. And all the proud - This is in reference to Malachi 3:15 ; of the preceding chapter. The day that cometh shall burn them up - Either by famine, by sword, or by captivity. All those rebels shall be destroyed. It shall leave them neither root nor branch - A proverbial expression for total destruction. Neither man nor child shall escape. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1

Verse 1 He confirms the previous verse, for he denounces ruin on all the reprobate and the despisers of God; and he also confirms what I have mentioned, — that he sets this threatening in opposition to the slanders which they commonly uttered against God, as though he had ceased to discharge his office as a Judge. Though indeed he speaks in the third person, yet he is not deficient in force when he says, Behold, come shall the day, which shed consume all the ungodly, as a hernia oven the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

Burn as an oven ( a furnace ) . Fire is often spoken of in connection with the day of judgment and the advent of the Judge. It is a symbol of the holiness of God, which consumes all impurity, and also represents the punishment inflicted on the ungodly ( Psalms 1:1-6 :8; Isaiah 10:17 ; Isaiah 66:15 , Isaiah 66:16 ; Daniel 7:9 , Daniel 7:10 ; Joel 2:30 ; 1 Corinthians 3:13 ; 2 Peter 3:7 , etc.). The LXX . adds, "and it shall burn them." Stubble (see note on Obadiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

The Divine fire. "The day cometh that shall bum as an oven." Fire is one of the most familiar figures of the Divine working. It is one of the forces which man most dreads when it gets beyond control. And it is the force on which man most relies for the purifying of the good and the destruction of the evil. The fire of the oven is fire at its intensest. A hole is dug in the ground, a fire of stubble is kindled in it; by this time a large stone is heated, and on the stone the bread can be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

4. The final separation of the evil and the good at the day of judgment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The day of the world's retribution. "For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven," etc. A graphic representation of these verses is given by Stanley: "The day spoken of was to be like the glorious but terrible uprising of the Eastern sun, which should wither to the roots the insolence and the injustice of mankind; but as its rays extended, like the wings of the Egyptian sun, God should, by its healing and invigorating influences, call forth the good from their obscurity,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day cometh, which shall burn as an oven - He had declared the great severance of the God-fearing and the God-blaspheming, those who served and those who did not serve God; the righteous and the wicked; now he declares the way and time of the severance, the Day of Judgment. Daniel had described the fire of that day, Daniel 7:9-10, “The throne (of the Ancient of days) was a fiery flame; his wheels a burning fire: a fiery stream issued and came forth from Him: the judgment was set... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 4:1

Malachi 4:1. For behold the day cometh Though it may appear to be at a distance from you, yet it is coming, and will soon overtake and overwhelm you: even that great and terrible day of the Lord, as it is called Joel 2:31. That shall burn as an oven God is described as a consuming fire, when he comes to execute his judgments, Deuteronomy 4:24, and the prediction here was remarkably verified when, upon the taking of the city and temple of Jerusalem, by the Roman army under Titus, they... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 4:1

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