Malachi 4:2-3 NIV

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 4:2

But unto you that fear my name ,.... The few that were of this character among that wicked nation; See Gill on Malachi 3:16 , shall the Sun of righteousness arise ; not the Holy Ghost, who enlightens sinners, convinces of righteousness, and gives joy, peace, and comfort to the saints, but Christ: and thus it is interpreted of him by the ancient Jews, in one of their Midrashes or expositions F1 Shemot Rabba, sect. 31. fol. 134. 2. ; they say, Moses says not they shall be for ever... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked ,.... As grapes in the winepress, as Christ did before them, Isaiah 63:2 and they by virtue of him; who makes them more than conquerors through himself, over all their enemies, spiritual and temporal: for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet ; this refers to the burning of them, Malachi 4:1 and may be literally understood of their being burnt with the city and temple; when afterwards, as Grotius observes, the city of Jerusalem being in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

You that fear my name - The persons mentioned in the sixteenth verse of the preceding chapter, ye that look for redemption through the Messiah. The Sun of righteousness - The Lord Jesus, the promised Messiah; the Hope of Israel. With healing in his wings - As the sun, by the rays of light and heat, revives, cheers, and fructifies the whole creation, giving, through God, light and life everywhere; so Jesus Christ, by the influences of his grace and Spirit, shall quicken, awaken,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:3

Ye shall tread down - This may be the commission given to the Romans: Tread down the wicked people, tread down the wicked place; set it on fire, and let the ashes be trodden down under your feet. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

Verse 2 The Prophet now turns his discourse to the godly; and hence it appears more clearly that he has been hitherto threatening those gross hypocrites who arrogated sanctity to themselves alone, while yet they were continuing to provoke God’s wrath; for he evidently addresses some different from those previously spoken of, when he says, Arise to you, etc.; he separates those who feared God, or the true servants of God, from that multitude with whom he has been hitherto contending. Arise,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:3

Verse 3 When God promises redemption to his Church, he usually mentions what is of an opposite character, even the destruction and ruin of his enemies, and he does this on purpose lest envy should annoy or harass the faithful, while seeing the ungodly prosperous and happy. So also in this place Malachi says, that the ungodly would be trodden under foot by the faithful like the dust; and he says this lest the elect, while lying prostrate under the feet of their enemies and proudly trampled upon... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Sun of Righteousness. The sun which is righteousness, in whose wings, that is, rays, are healing and salvation. This Divine righteousness shall beam upon them that fear the Name of God, flooding them with joy and light, healing all wounds, tee moving all miseries, making them incalculably blessed. The Fathers generally apply the title of "Sun of Righteousness" to Christ, who is the Source of all justification and enlightenment and happiness, and who is called ( Jeremiah 23:6 ), "The... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

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