Malachi 4:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
And ye shall tread down	וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם ve.'a.so.Tem	H6072	to squeeze out juice · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֔ים re.sha.'Im	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine plural absolute
for they shall be ashes	אֵ֔פֶר 'E.fer	H665	ashes · noun, common masculine singular absolute
under the soles	כַּפּ֣וֹת ka.Pot	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine plural construct
of your feet	רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם rag.lei.Khem	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
in the day	בַּיּוֹם֙ bai.yOm	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
that I shall do	עֹשֶׂ֔ה 'o.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
saith	אָמַ֖ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
of hosts	צְבָאֽוֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Job 40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Micah 7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold he…
Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the…
Joshua 10:24-25 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains…
Psalms 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Micah 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion a…
Malachi 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 4:1-3

The great and terrible day of the Lord is here prophesied of. This, like the pillar of cloud and fire, shall have a dark side turned towards the Egyptians that fight against God, and a bright side towards the faithful Israelites that follow him: The day cometh, that is, the Lord cometh, the day of the Lord; and it has reference both to the first and to the second coming of Jesus Christ; the day of both was fixed, and should answer the character here given of it. I. In both Christ is a consuming fire to those that rebel against him. The day of his coming shall burn as an oven; it shall be a day of wrath, of fiery indignation. This was foretold concerning the Messiah, Psa 21:9, Thy hand shall…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 4:3

Solving the difficulty (Mal 3:15) that the wicked often now prosper. Their prosperity and the adversity of the godly shall soon be reversed. Yea, the righteous shall be the army attending Christ in His final destruction of the ungodly (Sa2 22:43; Psa 49:14; Psa 47:3; Mic 7:10; Zac 10:5; Co1 6:2; Rev 2:26-27; Rev 19:14-15). ashes--after having been burnt with the fire of judgment (Mal 4:1).

John Gill on Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked,.... As grapes in the winepress, as Christ did before them, Isaiah 63:2 and they by virtue of him; who makes them more than conquerors through himself, over all their enemies, spiritual and temporal: for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet; this refers to the burning of them, Malachi 4:1 and may be literally understood of their being burnt with the city and temple; when afterwards, as Grotius observes, the city of Jerusalem being in some measure rebuilt, and called Aelia, there was a Christian church in it, governed by bishops, who were converted Jews; and so might be literally said to trample upon the ashes of the wicked, who had persecuted t…

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John Calvin on Malachi 4:3

The Church Fathers

(Verse 3) And you shall trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts. LXX: And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts. And he is not content with the end of this joy; but he will trample on the wicked when they become ashes. Hence, there is also an imprecation for the righteous: But the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet swiftly (Romans 16:20). Abraham spoke to the Lord, feeling himself to be like the ashes of divine majesty: 'I am dust and ashes' (Gen. XVIII, 27); and therefore he will see the sun of justice, and will rest among its chosen ones, and carried by him, he will be raised up to the heavens. But he, through pride, said: 'I will set my throne above the stars, I will be like the Most High' (Isai. XIV, 13); he will be cast down to the earth, and will be like ashes under the feet of the holy ones, when the day of the Lord of judgment comes.
— Jerome, Commentary on Malachi

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Dictionary and topics

Malachi · The — The
Wicked (People) · .Ashes un — .Ashes un
Wicked, The, Are Compared To · Ashes under the feet — Ashes under the feet

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 4:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 4:3

John Gill on Malachi 4:3

John Calvin on Malachi 4:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Malachi 4:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 4:3

John Gill on Malachi 4:3

John Calvin on Malachi 4:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Malachi 4:2