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Malachi 4:6 KJV
Malachi · chapter 4 · verse 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.Malachi 4:6 · King James Version
Malachi 4:6 in context
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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Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- turnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
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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