| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. | 4Remember the instruction of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. |
| 5"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. | 5Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the LORD comes. |
| 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 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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