| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 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." | 1 "The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble—the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. |
| 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 the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls |
| 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. | 3and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |
| 4"Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel. | 4"Remember the Law of Moses my servant that I gave him at Horeb for all Israel—both the decrees and laws. |
| 5"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. | 5"Pay attention! I'm sending Elijah the prophet to you before the great and dreadful 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 children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I'll come, strike the land, and utterly destroy it." |
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