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they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,&#8221 says the LORD Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/malachi/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/malachi/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/malachi/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/malachi/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do <i>this</i>, saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/malachi/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do <i>this,</i>” Says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/malachi/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you will crush the wicked underfoot, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the LORD of armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/malachi/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,&#8221 says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/malachi/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/malachi/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says Yahweh of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/malachi/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/malachi/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/malachi/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,&#8221 says the LORD of Hosts.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/malachi/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/malachi/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When I come to bring justice, you will trample those who are evil, as though they were ashes under your feet. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/malachi/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/malachi/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will trample on wicked people, because on the day I act they will be ashes under the soles of your feet," says the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/malachi/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the day when I act, you will overcome the wicked, and they will be like dust under your feet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/malachi/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/malachi/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,? says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/malachi/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the LORD who rules over all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/malachi/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make," says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/malachi/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/malachi/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/malachi/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have trodden down the wicked, "" For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, "" In the day that I am appointing,” said YHWH of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/malachi/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/malachi/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye tread down the unjust; for they were ashes under the soles of your feet in the day which I doing, said Jehovah of armies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/malachi/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/malachi/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you will trample the impious, while they will be ashes under the sole of your foot, on the day that I act, says the Lord of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/malachi/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and tread down the wicked; They will become dust under the soles of your feet, on the day when I take action, says the LORD of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/malachi/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/malachi/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/malachi/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall tread upon the evil because they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I work, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/malachi/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall tread down the wicked; For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet In the day that I do make, Saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/malachi/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, saith the Lord Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/malachi/4-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=707" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/malachi/4.htm">The Great Day of the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“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. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6072.htm" title="6072: wə·‘as·sō·w·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To press, crush, tread down. A primitive root; to squeeze out juice; figuratively, to trample.">Then you will trample</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">the wicked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">they will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/665.htm" title="665: ’ê·p̄er (N-ms) -- Ashes. From an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes.">ashes</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">the soles</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">of your feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">on the day</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/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">am preparing,”</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> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-20.htm">Psalm 37:20</a></span><br />But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-13.htm">Psalm 91:13</a></span><br />You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3-6</a></span><br />“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. / For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. / I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-6.htm">Isaiah 26:6</a></span><br />Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></span><br />“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-18.htm">Daniel 7:18</a></span><br />But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-27.htm">Daniel 7:27</a></span><br />Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm">Obadiah 1:18</a></span><br />Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a></span><br />Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Zechariah 10:5</a></span><br />They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Matthew 13:40-42</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-49.htm">Matthew 13:49-50</a></span><br />So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous / and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-19.htm">Luke 10:19</a></span><br />Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-20.htm">Romans 16:20</a></span><br />The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-25.htm">1 Corinthians 15:25</a></span><br />For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, said the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="hdg">tread down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a></b></br> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-24.htm">Joshua 10:24,25</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/22-43.htm">2 Samuel 22:43</a></b></br> Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, <i>and</i> did spread them abroad.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Act</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Appointing</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Preparing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">Soles</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/malachi/3-18.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Act</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/acts/26-16.htm">Appointing</a> <a href="/matthew/22-7.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Ashes</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/luke/18-11.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/romans/9-29.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/matthew/3-3.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/matthew/4-21.htm">Preparing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-24.htm">Soles</a> <a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/luke/10-19.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">God's judgment on the wicked;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">and his blessing on the good.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/4-4.htm">He exhorts to the study of the law;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/4-5.htm">and tells of Elijah's coming and office.</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/malachi/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then you will trample the wicked</b><br>This phrase indicates a future victory for the righteous over the wicked. In biblical context, trampling signifies complete defeat and subjugation (<a href="/joshua/10-24.htm">Joshua 10:24-25</a>). The imagery of trampling suggests a total and irreversible judgment against those who oppose God. This reflects the ultimate triumph of good over evil, a theme consistent throughout Scripture, notably in <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a>, where Christ is depicted as treading the winepress of God's wrath.<p><b>for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet</b><br>Ashes symbolize total destruction and the end of life, often used in the Bible to represent judgment (<a href="/ezekiel/28-18.htm">Ezekiel 28:18</a>). The imagery of ashes underfoot suggests that the wicked will be completely consumed and rendered powerless. This echoes the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, where fire and brimstone left nothing but ashes (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-28</a>). The finality of this judgment underscores the permanence of God's justice.<p><b>on the day I am preparing</b><br>This phrase points to a specific time of divine intervention, often referred to as "the Day of the Lord" in prophetic literature (<a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Joel 2:31</a>, <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a>). It is a day characterized by both judgment and salvation, where God sets things right. The preparation implies God's sovereign control over history and His meticulous planning for the fulfillment of His purposes.<p><b>says the LORD of Hosts</b><br>The title "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's supreme authority and command over the heavenly armies. It is a reminder of His power and ability to execute judgment and deliverance. This title is frequently used in the Old Testament to assert God's might and His role as a divine warrior (<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a>, <a href="/isaiah/6-3.htm">Isaiah 6:3</a>). It reassures the faithful of God's capability to bring about the promised victory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores His ability to execute judgment and fulfill His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Refers to those who oppose God and live in rebellion against His commands. In the context of Malachi, these are the people who have turned away from God's covenant.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_righteous.htm">The Righteous</a></b><br>Although not explicitly mentioned in this verse, they are implied as the ones who will trample the wicked. They are those who remain faithful to God and His commandments.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_the_lord.htm">The Day of the LORD</a></b><br>A prophetic event characterized by God's intervention in human history to bring judgment and salvation. It is a day of reckoning for the wicked and vindication for the righteous.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/ashes.htm">Ashes</a></b><br>Symbolic of total destruction and defeat. The wicked being reduced to ashes signifies their complete and irreversible downfall.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_certain.htm">God's Justice is Certain</a></b><br>The verse assures believers that God's justice will prevail. The wicked will not escape judgment, and the righteous will witness their downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/victory_for_the_faithful.htm">Victory for the Faithful</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to remain steadfast in their faith, knowing that they will share in God's victory over evil.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_judgment.htm">The Reality of Judgment</a></b><br>This verse serves as a sobering reminder of the reality of God's judgment. It calls for self-examination and repentance to ensure alignment with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>The promise of trampling the wicked provides hope and encouragement to believers facing persecution or injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_the_day_of_the_lord.htm">Living in Light of the Day of the LORD</a></b><br>Believers are called to live righteously and expectantly, preparing for the day of the LORD by aligning their lives with His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_malachi_4_3's_fulfillment.htm">Has there been any historical or archaeological evidence to support the fulfillment of Malachi 4:3, where the righteous literally tread on the ashes of the wicked? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_schemes_of_the_devil.htm">What does the Bible say about wealth inequality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_compassion_and_forgiveness.htm">What does the Bible say about chronic pain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/eugene_peterson's_bio_and_legacy.htm">What defines a platonic marriage?</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>(3) <span class= "bld">Tread down.</span>--Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/26-5.htm" title="For he brings down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lays it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.">Isaiah 26:5-6</a>.<p><span class= "bld">That I shall do this.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">which I am about to make.</span> (Comp. <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm" title="And they shall be mine, said the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.">Malachi 3:17</a>.)<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye shall tread down the wicked</span> (comp. <a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a>). They who were once oppressed and overborne by the powers of wickedness shall now rise superior to all hindrances, and themselves tread down the wicked as the ashes under their feet, to which the fire of judgment shall reduce them. In the day that I shall do this; rather, as in <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Malachi 3:17</a>, <span class="accented">in the day which I am preparing</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/malachi/4-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then you will trample</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘as·sō·w·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6072.htm">Strong's 6072: </a> </span><span class="str2">To squeeze out juice, to trample</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wicked,</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will be</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְי֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ashes</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֔פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_665.htm">Strong's 665: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ashes</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֖חַת</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the soles</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּפּ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(kap·pō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּוֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am preparing,”</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹשֶׂ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts.</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָאֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/malachi/4-3.htm">Malachi 4:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 4:3 You shall tread down the wicked (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/4-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 4:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 4:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/4-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 4:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 4:4" /></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>