Malachi 4: Verse-by-Verse Commentary (with Videos)

6 verses · 2 video commentaries from 2 courses · Berean Standard Bible

¹“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.”

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.

³Then 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.

⁴“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

⁵Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

⁶And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

Malachi 4 Verse Notes

Mal 4:4

Torah shaping in the Book of Psalms

The Book of Psalms exhibits editorial shaping, particularly a 'Torah shaping,' where Psalm 1, at the very beginning, praises adherence to the Torah. This mirrors similar Torah-centric conclusions found at the end of other biblical sections, such as Malachi at the end of the prophetic books and Ecclesiastes, suggesting an intentional editorial framework emphasizing the importance of the Torah.

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Mal 4:5-6

John the Baptist is dressed as Elijah, so the end is near

John appears in the wilderness by the Jordan wearing camel's hair and a leather belt, matching the description of Elijah in 2 Kings: a hairy man girt with a girdle of leather. Malachi closes the Christian Old Testament by promising that Elijah will come before the great day of the Lord. Casting John as the returned Elijah tells the reader the countdown has started: with Jesus's arrival, the day of God is at hand.

Summarized by AI · The Genius of Mark: Jesus the Secret Messiah · Lecture 1: The Beginning of the Gospel · watch the clip