1 For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For, behold, the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- cometh H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- that shall burn H1197 (בָּעַר) — to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
- as an oven H8574 (תַּנּוּר) — a fire-pot
- and all the proud H2086 (זֵד) — arrogant
- yea, and all that do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- wickedly H7564 (רִשְׁעָה) — wrong (especially moral)
- shall be stubble H7179 (קַשׁ) — straw (as dry)
- and the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that cometh H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- shall burn them up H3857 (לָהַט) — properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
- saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- of Armies H6635 (צָבָא) — a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, h…
- that it shall leave H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- them neither root H8328 (שֶׁרֶשׁ) — a root (literally or figuratively)
- nor branch H6057 (עָנָף) — a twig (as covering the limbs)
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But unto you that fear H3373 (יָרֵא) — fearing; morally, reverent
- my name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- shall the Sun H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ) — the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- of righteousness H6666 (צְדָקָה) — rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
- arise H2224 (זָרַח) — properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)
- with healing H4832 (מַרְפֵּא) — properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
- in his wings H3671 (כָּנָף) — an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- and ye shall go forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- and grow up H6335 (פּוּשׁ) — to spread; figuratively, act proudly
- as calves H5695 (עֵגֶל) — a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
- of the stall H4770 (מַרְבֵּק) — a stall (for cattle)
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And ye shall tread down H6072 (עָסַס) — to squeeze out juice; figuratively, to trample
- the wicked H7563 (רָשָׁע) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- for they shall be ashes H665 (אֵפֶר) — ashes
- under the soles H3709 (כַּף) — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); fig…
- of your feet H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that I shall do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- of Armies H6635 (צָבָא) — a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, h…
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- ye the law H8451 (תּוֹרָה) — a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
- of Moses H4872 (מֹשֶׁה) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- my servant H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- which I commanded H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- unto him in Horeb H2722 (חֹרֵב) — Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
- for all Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- the statutes H2706 (חֹק) — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- and judgments H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Behold, I will send H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- you Elijah H452 (אֵלִיָּה) — Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
- the prophet H5030 (נָבִיא) — a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- the coming H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- of the great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- and dreadful H3372 (יָרֵא) — to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
- day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And he shall turn H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- the heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- of the fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- to the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- and the heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- of the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- to their fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- lest I come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- and smite H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- the earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- with a curse H2764 (חֵרֶם) — physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination