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What does Malachi 4:5 mean?

"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes."

— Malachi 4:5 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

3

You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.

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“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

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He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

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