Malachi 4:2

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Malachi 4:1-6

Malachi 4:1-61For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all [ plural in LXX., Targum, and eighty MSS.] that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun [ fem. as in Genesis 15:17; Jeremiah 15:9; Nahum 3:17] of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up1 [leap for... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Malachi 4:1-5

Malachi ‘STOUT WORDS,’ AND THEIR CONFUTATION Mal_3:13 - Mal_3:18 ; Mal_4:1 - Mal_4:6 . This passage falls into three parts,-the ‘stout words’ against God which the Prophet sets himself to confute Mal_3:13 - Mal_3:15; the prophecy of the day which will show their falsehood Mal_3:16 - Mal_4:3; and the closing exhortation and prediction Mal_4:4 - Mal_4:6. I. The returning exiles had not had the prosperity which they had hoped. So many of them, even of those who had served God, began to let... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Malachi 4:1-6

Wickedness and Pride Shall Find Judgment Malachi 3:13-18 ; Malachi 4:1-6 The day cometh! either in the fall of Jerusalem or in some terrible catastrophe yet future. Whenever it comes may we be reckoned as God’s peculiar treasure, preserved as a woman preserves her jewels in the day of calamity, Malachi 3:17 . Sorrow and disaster are perpetually befalling the proud, or those that do wickedly; while on those who fear God’s name the dawn of the sun of righteousness is forever breaking and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Malachi 4:1-6

All this leads to his great declaration concerning the coming day. This day he described in its twofold effect. Toward the wicked it would be a day of burning and of destruction. Toward the righteous it would be a day of healing and of salvation. The closing words of the prophet called on the people to remember the law of Moses, promised that a herald would come before the day of the Lord, and ended with a solemn suggestion of judgment. So the word ends. Malachi's voice ceases. He had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1-3

YHWH’s Final Charge Against His People, That They Have Spoken Against Him (Malachi 3:13 to Malachi 4:3 ). In this section YHWH finalises His list of complaints by distinguishing between the majority who have spoken against Him, and the minority Who have constantly spoken lovingly of Him, whose names are written in His Book of Remembrance, and He contrasts what the end will be of both groups. Malachi 3:13-14 ‘Your words have been stout against me, Says YHWH, Yet you say, What have we said to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1-3

Malachi 3:13 to Malachi 4:3 . The Final Triumph of Righteousness.— The prophet here returns to the complaint of those who thought that religion did not pay (with Malachi 3:14; cf. Malachi 2:17). They had “ kept God’ s charge,” faithfully observing their religious duties, and even wearing the sackcloth and ashes which marked humiliation and penance. Yet it is the arrogant and lax members of the community ( cf. Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:51, etc.) that do well; they challenge God’ s judgment... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Malachi 4:2

You that fear my name; so are they described to us who were written in the book of remembrance, Malachi 3:16; who loved the law of their God, and kept it; who believed his promises, and rejoiced in expectation of the good promised; who believed his threats and trembled at them, that they might rest in the day of trouble, as Habakkuk 3:16; who walked humbly with their God. The Sun; Christ, who is the day.spring from on high, Luke 1:78; or, as most elegantly described Isaiah 60:1-3, who is very... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Malachi 4:1-5

CRITICAL NOTES.] The ungodly admonished for the day] of judgment. Results to the wicked awful. Burn] as an oven] or furnace (cf. Matthew 6:30). “A fire burns more fiercely in a furnace than in the open air” [Hengs.]. The proud] called happy (ch. Malachi 3:15), and all the wicked] like stubble] fit for fire: destroyed “root and branch,” i.e. utterly. 2]. To the righteous, the day an advent of justice and salvation. Sun] The Messiah set forth as most glorious and beneficent. What the sun is to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Malachi 4:2

Malachi 4:2 There are three reasons why Christ has received this name, "The Sun of Righteousness." I. He gives Light. He lived in the world and was the Sun of the world. The great and wise of every land poets, philosophers, inventors, teachers may be compared to the stars, but He alone is the Sun. Why? Because He brought knowledge to us infinitely greater and more precious than all other knowledge besides. He made God manifest to men. He revealed the means of saving the soul from death. He... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Malachi 4:1-2

DISCOURSE: 1276THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISINGMalachi 4:1-2. Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.THE thought of many is, that “God will do... read more

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