Malachi 4:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition FOR BEHOLD, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. [Isa. 5:21-25; Matt. 3:12.] American Standard Version (1901) For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. Common English Bible Look, the day is coming, burning like an oven. All the arrogant ones and all those doing evil will become straw. The coming day will burn them, says the LORD of heavenly forces, leaving them neither root nor branch. Catholic Public Domain Version For, behold, the day will arrive, kindled like a furnace, and all the arrogant and all those who act impiously will be stubble. And the approaching day will inflame them, says the Lord of hosts; it will leave behind for them neither root, nor sprout. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch. |
All the wicked of the earth I count as dross; therefore I love your decrees.
For the wicked shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.
In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you sent out your fury; it consumed them like stubble.
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
Who has roused a victor from the east, summoned him to his service? He delivers up nations to him and tramples kings under foot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
See, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!
Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will become rotten, and their blossom go up like dust, for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
For wickedness burned like a fire, consuming briers and thorns; it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.
Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land was burned, and the people became like fuel for the fire; no one spared another.
I will purge out the rebels among you and those who transgress against me; I will bring them out of the land where they reside as aliens, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
You shall be fuel for the fire, your blood shall enter the earth; you shall be remembered no more, for I the Lord have spoken.
Stand it empty upon the coals, so that it may become hot, its copper glow, its filth melt in it, its crud be consumed.
As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats:
See, the day! See, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed; pride has budded.
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars and who was as strong as oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
The house of Jacob shall be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken.
Like thorns they are entangled; like drunkards they are drunk; they are consumed like dry straw.
The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; the warrior cries aloud there.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath; in the fire of his passion the whole earth shall be consumed, for a full, a terrible end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.
See, a day is coming for the Lord, when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your midst.
Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”
Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;
he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.