| New International Version | NET 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 indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the LORD who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch. |
| 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 respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released 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 on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the LORD who rules over all. |
| 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, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey. |
| 5"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. | 5Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives. |
| 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." | 6He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment." |
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