Chapter 4

The judgment of the wicked, and reward of the just. An exhortation to observe the law. Elias shall come for the conversion of the Jews.

1. 1

   For behold the day shall come, kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

2. 2

   But unto you that fear my name, the sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

3. 3

   And you shall tread down the wicked, when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day, that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

4. 4

   Remember the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb, for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments.

5. 5

   Behold, I will send you Elias, the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

6. 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 strike the earth with anathema.