耶和华的日子
1“万军之耶和华说，‘那日要来临了，就像烧红的火炉，所有狂妄自大、作恶多端的人都要像碎秸一样被火烧尽，连根带枝，荡然无存。 2但必有公义的太阳为你们这些敬畏我名的人升起，它的光芒有医治的能力。你们必像栏中出来的牛犊一样欢欣跳跃。 3到我所定的日子，你们必践踏恶人，他们必成为你们脚下的尘土。’这是万军之耶和华说的。
4“你们要记住我仆人摩西的律法，就是我在何烈山借着他传给以色列人的律例和典章。
5“看啊，在耶和华那伟大而可畏的日子来临以前，我必差遣以利亚先知到你们那里。 6他必使父亲的心转向儿女，儿女的心转向父亲，免得我来用咒诅毁灭这地方。”
Judgment and covenant renewal
In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24. 1‘Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. 3Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,’ says the Lord Almighty.
4‘Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
5‘See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.’
