Malachi 4:1
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
צָבָא
tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
שֶׁרֶשׁ
sheresh
a root (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
Cross References
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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:
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth 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 ...
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 ...
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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 ridd...
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take th...
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bo...
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.
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit