Malachi 4:6

And he shall bring back the heart of the fathers unto the children, and the heart of the children unto their fathers,—lest I come, and smite the land, with utter destruction.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

In Context

5Lo! I am sending unto you Elijah the prophet,—before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh;

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:4But he will judge with righteousness! them who are poor, And decide with equity! for the oppressed of the land,—And he will smite the land With the sceptre of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips, will he slay the lawless one;

Isaiah 43:28So then I must needs profane the rulers of the holy place,—And deliver Jacob to be devoted to destruction, and Israel, unto reviling!

Isaiah 65:15So shall ye leave your name for an oath, to my chosen ones,—So then My Lord Yahweh, will slay thee,—And his servants, will he, call by another name:

Daniel 9:26And, after the sixty-two weeks, shall the Anointed One, be cut off, and have, nothing,—and, the city and the sanctuary, will one destroy with the Prince, and so will his own end come with an overwhelming flood, howbeit, up to the full end of the war, are decreed astounding things.

Zechariah 11:6Surely I will have pity no longer upon the inhabitants of the earth, Declareth Yahweh,—Therefore lo! I am delivering up mankind, every man into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king, and they will crush the earth, nor will I deliver out of their hand.

Zechariah 14:2Yea I will gather together all the nations unto Jerusalem, to battle, and the city, shall be captured, and the houses, plundered, and, the women, ravished,—and half of the city, shall go forth, into exile, but, the remainder of the people, shall not be cut off out of the city.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 4:5-6

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 400.) 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord : 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. This is doubtless intended for a solemn conclusion, not only of this prophecy, but of the… Read the whole commentary →

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