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Malachi 4:5-6 KJV

Malachi · chapter 4 · verses 5–6

⁵Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: ⁶And 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.Malachi 4:5-6 · King James Version

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Malachi 4:5-6 in context

3And 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.

4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6And 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.

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Commentary

This is doubtless intended for a solemn conclusion, not only of this prophecy, but of the canon of the Old Testament, and is a plain information that they were not to expect any more sayings nor writing by divine inspiration, any more of the dictates of the Spirit of prophecy, till the beginning of the gospel of the…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-6

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

dreadfulyârêʼto fearH3372 →
childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
ElijahʼÊlîyâhElijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesH452 →
beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
comingbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →

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