1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shallHe prophesies of God's judgments against the wicked, who would not receive Christ, when God would send him for the restoration of his Church.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 theMeaning, Christ, who with his wings or beams of his grace would enlighten and comfort his Church; (Eph_5:14). And he is called the «Sun of righteousness», because in himself he has all perfection, and also the justice of the Father dwells in him: by which he regenerates us to righteousness, cleanses us from the filth of this world, and reforms us to the image of God.Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall goYou will be set at liberty, and increase in the joy of the Spirit; (2Co_3:17).forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall treade downe the wicked: for they shall be dust vnder the soles of your feete in the day that I shall doe this, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.
4 Because the time had come that the Jews would be destitute of Prophets until the time of Christ, because they should with more fervent minds desire his coming, the Prophet exhorts them to exercise themselves diligently in studying the Law of Moses in the meantime, by which they might continue in the true religion, and also be armed against all temptations.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 youThis Christ interprets of John the Baptist, who both for his zeal, and restoring or religion, is aptly compared to Elijah; (Mat_11:13-14).Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great andWhich as it is true for the wicked, so does it waken the godly, and call them to repentance.dreadful day of the LORD:
6 And he shallHe shows in what John's office would consist: in the turning of men to God, and uniting the father and children in one voice of faith: so that the father will turn to the religion of his son who is converted to Christ, and the son will embrace the faith of the true fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come andThe second point of his office was to give notice of God's judgment against those that would not receive Christ.smite the earth with a curse.
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