1 F or behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

“See, the day is coming. It is burning like a hot fire. And all those who are proud and those who do wrong will be like dry grass. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord of All. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.

2 B ut unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves from the stall and leap for joy.

But for you who fear My name, the sun of what is right and good will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and dance like calves from the cattle-house.

3 A nd you shall tread down the lawless and wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts.

You will crush the sinful under foot. They will be ashes under your feet on the day when I do these things,” says the Lord of All.

4 r emember the law of Moses, My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on Horeb to all Israel.

“Remember the Law of My servant Moses. Remember all the Laws I gave him in Horeb for all Israel.

5 B ehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

See, I will send you Elijah the man of God before the day of the Lord comes, that great day that will be full of much trouble.

6 A nd he shall turn and reconcile the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse and a ban of utter destruction.

And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Or else I will come and destroy the land with a curse.”