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Malachi 4:2-4
New English Translation
Malachi 4:2-4
New English Translation
2 But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication[a] will rise with healing wings,[b] and you will skip about[c] like calves released from the stall. 3 You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Restoration through the Lord
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb[d] I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.[e]
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- Malachi 4:2 tn Here the Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsedaqah), usually translated “righteousness” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT; cf. NAB “justice”), has been rendered as “vindication” because it is the vindication of God’s people that is in view in the context. Cf. BDB 842 s.v. צְדָקָה 6; “righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.”sn The expression the sun of vindication will rise is a metaphorical way of describing the day of the Lord as a time of restoration when God vindicates his people (see 2 Sam 23:4; Isa 30:26; 60:1, 3). Their vindication and restoration will be as obvious and undeniable as the bright light of the rising sun.
- Malachi 4:2 sn The point of the metaphor of healing wings is unclear. The sun seems to be compared to a bird. Perhaps the sun’s “wings” are its warm rays. “Healing” may refer to a reversal of the injury done by evildoers (see Mal 3:5).
- Malachi 4:2 tn Heb “you will go out and skip about.”
- Malachi 4:4 sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).
- Malachi 4:4 tn Heb “which I commanded him in Horeb concerning all Israel, statutes and ordinances.”
Malachi 4:2-4
New International Version
Malachi 4:2-4
New International Version
2 But for you who revere my name,(A) the sun of righteousness(B) will rise with healing(C) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(D) like well-fed calves. 3 Then you will trample(E) on the wicked; they will be ashes(F) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.
4 “Remember the law(G) of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb(H) for all Israel.(I)
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