| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1"Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. | 1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or 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. | 2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall. |
| 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. | 3Then you 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 my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. | 4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb. |
| 5"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. | 5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. |
| 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." | 6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.” |
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