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All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,&#8221 says the LORD Almighty. &#8220Not a root or a branch will be left to them. <a href="/nlt/malachi/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all. <a href="/esv/malachi/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/bsb/malachi/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” <a href="/kjv/malachi/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/malachi/4.htm">New King James Version</a> “For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the LORD of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/nasb_/malachi/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches. <a href="/nasb/malachi/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,&#8221 says the LORD of hosts, &#8220so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/malachi/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” <a href="/lsb/malachi/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every worker of wickedness will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them aflame,” says Yahweh of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” <a href="/amp/malachi/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/csb/malachi/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the LORD of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches. <a href="/hcsb/malachi/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,&#8221 says the LORD of Hosts, &#8220not leaving them root or branches. <a href="/asv/malachi/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/malachi/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> 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! <a href="/erv/malachi/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/gwt/malachi/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Certainly the day is coming! It will burn like a furnace. All arrogant people and all evildoers will be [like] straw. The day that is coming will burn them up completely," says the LORD of Armies. "It won't leave a single root or branch. <a href="/gnt/malachi/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD Almighty says, "The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them. <a href="/isv/malachi/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble—the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/msb/malachi/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,? says the LORD of Hosts. ?Not a root or branch will be left to them.? <a href="/net/malachi/4.htm">NET Bible</a> "For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the LORD who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch. <a href="/nheb/malachi/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "For, look, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says the LORD of hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/wbt/malachi/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, 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. <a href="/web/malachi/4.htm">World English Bible</a> “For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/malachi/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “For behold, the day has come, burning as a furnace, "" When all the proud and all those doing wickedness have been stubble, "" And the day that came has burned them,” said YHWH of Hosts, "" “That there is not left to them root or branch, <a href="/ylt/malachi/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch, <a href="/slt/malachi/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/malachi/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/malachi/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> 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. <a href="/nabre/malachi/4.htm">New American Bible</a> For the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble, And the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts. <a href="/nrsvce/malachi/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/malachi/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> FOR behold, the days are coming when my anger shall burn as an oven; and all the wicked and all who do iniquity shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/hpbt/malachi/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because, behold, the days are coming and my anger shall burn as a furnace, and they shall all be evil ones, and all the Servants of sin, stubble, and the day that is coming shall burn them, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, and it shall not leave for them a root or a branch<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/malachi/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 set them ablaze, Saith the LORD of hosts, That it shall leave them neither root nor branch. <a href="/sep/malachi/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch. <a href="/parallel/malachi/4-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=675" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/malachi/4.htm">The Great Day of the LORD</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">“For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">is coming,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: bō·‘êr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">burning</a> <a href="/hebrew/8574.htm" title="8574: kat·tan·nūr (Prep-k, Art:: N-cs) -- (portable) stove, firepot. From niyr; a fire-pot.">like a furnace,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2086.htm" title="2086: zê·ḏîm (Adj-mp) -- Insolent, presumptuous. From zuwd; arrogant.">the arrogant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and every</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śêh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">evildoer</a> <a href="/hebrew/7564.htm" title="7564: riš·‘āh (N-fs) -- Wickedness. Feminine of resha'; wrong."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7179.htm" title="7179: qaš (N-ms) -- Stubble, chaff. From qashash; straw.">will be stubble;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hab·bā (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">is coming</a> <a href="/hebrew/3857.htm" title="3857: wə·li·haṭ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To blaze up, flame. A primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. to blaze.">when I will set them ablaze,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">“Not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8328.htm" title="8328: šō·reš (N-ms) -- A root. From sharash; a root.">a root</a> <a href="/hebrew/6057.htm" title="6057: wə·‘ā·nāp̄ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A branch, bough. From an unused root meaning to cover; a twig.">or branch</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ya·‘ă·zōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">will be left</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them.”</a> 2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a> But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. <a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Matthew 13:40-42</a> As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. / The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Revelation 20:9-10</a> And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. / And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a> For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a> Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a> The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a> and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a> His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a> Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a> But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a> Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground. <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20-21</a> Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. / Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city. <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5-6</a> The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. / Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him. <a href="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Hebrews 10:27</a> but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. <a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Psalm 21:9</a> You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, said the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.the day.<a href="/malachi/4-5.htm">Malachi 4:5</a> Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:<a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2</a> But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:<a href="/ezekiel/7-10.htm">Ezekiel 7:10</a> Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.shall burn.<a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Psalm 21:9,10</a> Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them… <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5,6</a> The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein… <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a> Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.and all the.<a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Malachi 3:15,18</a> And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered… <a href="/exodus/15-7.htm">Exodus 15:7</a> And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.<a href="/psalms/119-119.htm">Psalm 119:119</a> Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.that it.<a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16</a> His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.<a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a> Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/1-19.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Arrogant</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/amos/6-10.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Burns</a> <a href="/daniel/3-26.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/hosea/7-7.htm">Oven</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Proud</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Root</a> <a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Stubble</a> <a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/romans/1-30.htm">Arrogant</a> <a href="/matthew/24-32.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/john/5-35.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/matthew/5-15.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Burns</a> <a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/matthew/5-24.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Oven</a> <a href="/luke/1-51.htm">Proud</a> <a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Root</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-12.htm">Stubble</a> <a href="/romans/3-8.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/matthew/7-23.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 4</div>1. <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">God's judgment on the wicked;</a> 2. <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">and his blessing on the good.</a> 4. <a href="/malachi/4-4.htm">He exhorts to the study of the law;</a> 5. <a href="/malachi/4-5.htm">and tells of Elijah's coming and office.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "day" refers to the Day of the Lord, a common theme in prophetic literature, symbolizing a time of divine intervention and judgment. This concept is echoed in other scriptures such as <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a>, where the Day of the Lord is depicted as both a time of judgment and salvation.burning like a furnace The imagery of a furnace conveys intense heat and purification. In biblical times, a furnace was used for refining metals, symbolizing the purging of impurities. This metaphor suggests a thorough and consuming judgment. Similar imagery is found in <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Isaiah 31:9</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20-22</a>, where God's judgment is likened to fire.when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble The "arrogant" and "evildoer" represent those who oppose God and His ways. In the agricultural context of ancient Israel, "stubble" refers to the dry remains of harvested crops, easily consumed by fire. This symbolizes the complete destruction of the wicked, as seen in <a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a> and <a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a>, where the wicked are compared to chaff and stubble.the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts The repetition of "the day is coming" underscores the certainty of this future event. "Set them ablaze" indicates divine judgment executed by God Himself. The title "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's sovereignty and power over all creation, often used in contexts of divine warfare and judgment, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Isaiah 13:4</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/46-18.htm">Jeremiah 46:18</a>.“Not a root or branch will be left to them.” This phrase signifies total destruction, leaving nothing behind. In an agrarian society, roots and branches are essential for growth and survival, so their absence indicates complete eradication. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic warnings, such as in <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a> and <a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16</a>, where the destruction of roots and branches symbolizes the end of the wicked's influence and existence.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the LORD</a> A prophetic event characterized by divine judgment and purification, often associated with the end times. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_arrogant_and_evildoers.htm">The Arrogant and Evildoers</a> Individuals who live in opposition to God's will, characterized by pride and sinful actions. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies. 4. <a href="/topical/f/furnace.htm">Furnace</a> A metaphor for intense heat and purification, symbolizing God's judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/s/stubble.htm">Stubble</a> Represents the temporary and worthless nature of the wicked in the face of divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_judgment.htm">The Certainty of Judgment</a> The "day is coming" emphasizes the inevitability of God's judgment. Believers should live with an awareness of this reality. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Nature of God's Judgment</a> Like a furnace, God's judgment is thorough and purifying, leaving no trace of sin or rebellion. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_humility.htm">Call to Humility</a> The judgment against the arrogant serves as a warning to cultivate humility and dependence on God. <a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_wickedness.htm">The Temporary Nature of Wickedness</a> The imagery of stubble highlights the fleeting and insubstantial nature of a life lived apart from God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_righteous.htm">Hope for the Righteous</a> While this verse focuses on judgment, the broader context of Scripture assures believers of protection and vindication.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 4</a> <a href="/q/how_can_malachi_4_1's_'day'_consume_the_wicked.htm">In Malachi 4:1, how can a literal “day” consume the wicked like stubble without any known natural phenomenon matching this description? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_malachi_4_conflict_with_grace.htm">Why does Malachi 4’s emphasis on judgment seem to conflict with other biblical passages that portray God’s grace and mercy toward evildoers?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'sun_of_righteousness'_mean.htm">What does "Sun of Righteousness" mean?</a> <a href="/q/main_themes_of_2_thessalonians.htm">What are the main themes of 2 Thessalonians?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>IV.(1) The day already foretold in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm" title="But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:">Malachi 3:2</a> shall be as a fire burning fiercely as a furnace, and "the wicked"--not only the heathen, but the murmurers themselves, so far from being accounted happy (<a href="/malachi/3-15.htm" title="And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered.">Malachi 3:15</a>)--shall be as "stubble." (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm" title="Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.">Isaiah 5:24</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm" title="Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.">Zephaniah 1:18</a>; <a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm" title="And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD has spoken it.">Obadiah 1:18</a>, &c.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 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 (Psalm 1:8; <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15, 16</a>; <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9, 10</a>; <a href="/joel/2-30.htm">Joel 2:30</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13</a>; <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a>, etc.). The LXX. adds, "and it shall burn them." Stubble (see note on Obadiah 1:18); or, perhaps, chaff, as <a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11, 12</a>. Root nor branch The ungodly are regarded as a tree which is given up to be burned so that nothing of it is left. The same metaphor is used by John the Baptist (<a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a>; setup. <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a>). The Hebrew text includes this chapter in ch. 3. <a href="/commentaries/malachi/4-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction behold, הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the day הַיּוֹם֙ (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day is coming, בָּ֔א (bā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go burning בֹּעֵ֖ר (bō·‘êr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish like a furnace, כַּתַּנּ֑וּר (kat·tan·nūr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8574.htm">Strong's 8574: </a> (portable) stove, firepot when all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the arrogant זֵדִ֜ים (zê·ḏîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2086.htm">Strong's 2086: </a> Insolent, presumptuous and every וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every evildoer עֹשֵׂ֤ה (‘ō·śêh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make will be וְהָי֨וּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be stubble; קַ֔שׁ (qaš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7179.htm">Strong's 7179: </a> Stubble, chaff the day הַיּ֣וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day is coming הַבָּ֗א (hab·bā) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go when I will set them ablaze,” וְלִהַ֨ט (wə·li·haṭ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3857.htm">Strong's 3857: </a> To blaze up, flame says אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH of Hosts. צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign “Not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no a root שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ (šō·reš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8328.htm">Strong's 8328: </a> A root or branch וְעָנָֽף׃ (wə·‘ā·nāp̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6057.htm">Strong's 6057: </a> A branch, bough will be left יַעֲזֹ֥ב (ya·‘ă·zōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit to them.” לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 4:1 For behold the day comes it burns (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/3-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 3:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 3:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/4-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 4:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 4:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>