| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the LORD of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch." | 1For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them," says the LORD of Hosts, "not leaving them root or branches. |
| 2"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. | 2But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall. |
| 3"You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the LORD of hosts. | 3You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing," says the LORD of Hosts." |
| 4"Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel. | 4Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. |
| 5"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. | 5Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the LORD comes. |
| 6"He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse." | 6And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse." |
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