Malachi 4:3

At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.

Translation for Translators

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 as for you who revere me [MTY], the one who will save you will come to you like [MET] the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to become righteous (OR, do what is righteous); he will restore you and protect you like a bird protects its chicks [MET] under its wings. When he comes, you will be very joyful, like [SIM] calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping joyfully.

4Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me well. Obey all the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai Mountain, for all you people of Israel to obey.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:24When they brought those kings to Joshua and forced them to lie on the ground, he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.

Job 40:12Humble those proud people just by looking at them angrily Crush wicked people quickly!

Psalms 147:6Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.

Isaiah 26:6When that happens, poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.

Ezekiel 28:18By committing many sins and by trading things dishonestly, you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me. So I caused a fire to burn down your city. Your city was burned completely; the people who were watching it saw that only ashes remained on the ground.

Daniel 7:27Then all the power and the greatness of all the kingdoms on the earth will be given to the people who belong to the Supreme God. The kingdom that he rules (OR, they rule) will endure forever. And the rulers of all the nations on the earth will serve and obey him (OR, them).”

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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