Malachi 4:5

Lo! I shall send to you Elijah, the prophet, before that the great day and horrible of the Lord come. (Behold! I shall send you the prophet Elijah, before that the great and terrible day of the Lord shall come.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

In Context

4Bethink ye on the law of my servant Moses, which I commanded to him in Horeb, to all Israel commandments and dooms. (Remember ye the Law of my servant Moses, which I commanded to him at Mount Sinai, yea, my ordinances and judgements, or laws, for all the people of Israel.)

6And he shall turn again the heart of fathers to sons, and the heart of sons to the fathers of them, lest peradventure I come, and smite the earth with (a) curse. Amen. (And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers toward their sons, and the hearts of the sons toward their fathers, lest perhaps I come, and strike the land with a curse, and destroy it. Amen.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:3The voice of a crier in desert [or The voice of the (one) crying in (the) desert], Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make ye rightful the paths of our God in wilderness. (The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make ye right the paths in the desert for our God.)

Malachi 3:1Lo! I shall send mine angel, and he shall make ready the way before my face; and anon the Lord, whom ye seek, shall come to his holy temple, and the angel of the testament, whom ye will. Lo! he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts; (Behold! I shall send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before my face; and at once the Lord, whom ye seek, shall come to his holy Temple, and also the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold! he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts;)

Matthew 11:13For all [the] prophets and the law till John prophesied;

Matthew 27:47And some men that stood there, and hearing, said, This calleth Elias. (And some men who stood there, and heard him, said, He calleth Elijah.)

Luke 1:17and he shall go before him in the spirit and virtue of Elias (or and he shall go before him in the spirit and in the power of Elijah); and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers into the sons, and men out of belief, [or that believe not], to the prudence of just men (or to the wisdom of the righteous), to make ready a perfect people to the Lord.

Luke 9:30And lo! two men spake with him, and Moses and Elias (And behold! two men spoke with him, yea, Moses and Elijah)

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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