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

For

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

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...

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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that shall

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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as an

תַּנּוּר

tannûwr

H8574

a fire-pot

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and all the

זֵד

zêd

H2086

arrogant

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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and all that do

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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shall be

קַשׁ

qash

H7179

straw (as dry)

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and the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

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...

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that

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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shall

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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them up

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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of

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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that it shall

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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them

לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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שֶׁרֶשׁ

sheresh

H8328

a root (literally or figuratively)

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nor

זְמוֹרָה

zᵉmôwrâh

H2156

a twig (as pruned)

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Key Terms in This Verse

oven H8574

תַּנּוּר tannûwr

a fire-pot

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stubble H7179

קַשׁ qash

straw (as dry)

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wickedly H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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branch H2156

זְמוֹרָה zᵉmôwrâh

a twig (as pruned)

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root H8328

שֶׁרֶשׁ sheresh

a root (literally or figuratively)

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proud H2086

זֵד zêd

arrogant

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leave H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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burn H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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burn H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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cometh H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

2 Thessalonians 1:8 cross-reference

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 3:7 cross-reference

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.

Malachi 3:2 cross-reference

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:

Isaiah 47:14 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 5:24 cross-reference

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 ...

Obadiah 1:18 cross-reference

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 ...

Malachi 3:15 cross-reference

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Joel 2:1 cross-reference

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;

Job 18:16 cross-reference

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Zephaniah 1:18 cross-reference

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...

Luke 21:20 cross-reference

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Nahum 1:10 cross-reference

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Exodus 15:7 cross-reference

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.

Zechariah 14:1 cross-reference

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zephaniah 1:14 cross-reference

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.

Matthew 3:12 cross-reference

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.

Malachi 4:5 cross-reference

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Malachi 3:18 cross-reference

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Joel 2:31 cross-reference

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Psalm 119:119 cross-reference

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Luke 19:43 cross-reference

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,

Ezekiel 7:10 cross-reference

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Isaiah 40:24 cross-reference

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...

Isaiah 41:2 cross-reference

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...

Amos 2:9 cross-reference

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.

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