Malachi 4:3

In the day when I act you will tread down the wicked, they will be as ashes under the soles of your feet,” says the Lord of hosts.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.

4“Remember the law of Moses my servant, statutes and judgments which I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:24When these kings had been brought before Joshua, he called for all the men of Israel and told the army commanders present to come forward and put their feet on the necks of the kings. They came forward and did put their feet on the necks of the kings.

Psalms 147:6The Lord lifts up the down-trodden, the wicked he brings to the ground.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 4:2-4

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 400.) 1 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. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles… Read the whole commentary →

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