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Malachi 4

1.For, 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.

2.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. 3. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

4.Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

5.Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 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.

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Why does Malachi say Elijah will return before the Lord's great day?

Malachi promises, “I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD,” to prepare Israel by healing family and covenant bonds. The chapter links Elijah’s return to restoring relationships—“turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers”—so the community is ready for God’s coming judgment and renewal.

This role echoes prophetic preparation themes in Isaiah and Jeremiah where repentance and reconciliation precede divine action; see Isaiah 40’s voice preparing a way and Jeremiah’s calls to return. The text presents Elijah as a restorative herald whose work averts a cursed destruction by mending the social and spiritual fabric.

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