Malachi 4:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 1:8

and with a flaming fire. Our Lord Jesus will punish anyone who doesn't know God and won't obey his message.

2 Peter 3:7

But God has commanded the present heavens and earth to remain until the day of judgment. Then they will be set on fire, and ungodly people will be destroyed.

Malachi 3:2

On the day the Lord comes, he will be like a furnace that purifies silver or like strong soap in a washbasin. No one will be able to stand up to him.

Isaiah 47:14

People who trust the stars are as helpless as straw in a flaming fire. No one can even keep warm, sitting by a fire that feeds only on straw.

Isaiah 5:24

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the teaching of the holy LORD God All-Powerful of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

Obadiah 1:18

Israel will be a fire, and Edom will be straw going up in flames. The LORD has spoken!

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Zephaniah 1:18

Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the LORD, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”

Job 18:16

and they are left like trees, dried up from the roots.

Luke 21:20

When you see Jerusalem surrounded by soldiers, you will know that it will soon be destroyed.

Luke 19:43

Jerusalem, the time will come when your enemies will build walls around you to attack you. Armies will surround you and close in on you from every side.

Matthew 3:12

His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in a barn and burn the husks in a fire that never goes out.

Malachi 4:5

I, the LORD, promise to send the prophet Elijah before that great and terrible day comes.

Malachi 3:18

Then everyone will once again see the difference between those who obey me by doing right and those who reject me by doing wrong.

Zechariah 14:1

The LORD will have his day. And when it comes, everything that was ever taken from Jerusalem will be returned and divided among its people.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the LORD is coming soon, very soon. On that terrible day, fearsome shouts of warriors will be heard everywhere.

Nahum 1:10

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like dry thorn bushes burning in a fire.

Joel 2:1

Sound the trumpet on Zion, the LORD's sacred hill. Warn everyone to tremble! The judgment day of the LORD is coming soon.

Exodus 15:7

What a great victory was yours, as you defeated everyone who opposed you. Your fiery anger wiped them out, as though they were straw.

Joel 2:31

The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before that great and terrible day when I appear.

Amos 2:9

Israel, the Amorites were there when you entered Canaan. They were tall as cedars and strong as oaks. But I wiped them out— I destroyed their branches and their roots.

Ezekiel 7:10

Disaster is near! Injustice and arrogance are everywhere,

Isaiah 41:2

Who appointed this ruler from the east? Who puts nations and kings in his power? His sword and his arrows turn them to dust blown by the wind.

Isaiah 40:24

They are like flowers freshly sprung up and starting to grow. But when God blows on them, they wilt and are carried off like straw in a storm.

Psalm 119:119

As far as you are concerned, all evil people are rubbish, and so I follow your rules.

Luke 6:23

Long ago your own people did these same things to the prophets. So when this happens to you, be happy and jump for joy! You will have a great reward in heaven.

Isaiah 9:18

Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thorn bushes up in smoke.

Isaiah 9:19

The LORD All-Powerful was angry and used the people as fuel for a fire that scorched the land. They turned against each other

Ezekiel 20:38

I will separate the sinful rebels from the rest of you, and even though I will bring them from the nations where they live in exile, they won't be allowed to return to Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:32

You will be burnt and will die in your own land. Then you will be forgotten for ever. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 24:11

Then set the empty pot over the hot coals until it is red-hot. That will clean the pot and burn off the rust.

Ezekiel 34:17

The LORD God said to his sheep, the people of Israel: I will carefully watch each one of you to decide which ones are the strong sheep and which ones are weak.

Malachi 3:3

The LORD will purify the descendants of Levi, as though they were gold or silver. Then they will bring the proper offerings to the LORD,

Psalm 37:9

All sinners will disappear, but if you trust the LORD, the land will be yours.