Malachi 4:1
“"For, behold, 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 Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”
— Malachi 4:1
About this verse
Malachi 4:1 comes from the book of Malachi, written during the Return (~516 BC) period. The setting is day of judgment. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include judgment, day of Lord, divine wrath. Notable phrases: day comes burning as a furnace; proud will be stubble. This verse contains a promise of God. This verse contains prophecy.
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Return (~516 BC)
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anxious
Type
prophecy
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