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A Great Reversal is Coming
Scholars explain this verse as a promise of a future reversal. While the righteous may currently suffer under the wicked, a day is coming when God will exalt His people and bring the proud to nothing. The wicked will be like "ashes under the soles of your feet," signifying their complete and final defeat. This promise is meant to comfort and strengthen believers in times of trial, assuring them of ultimate vindication.
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Malachi
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Albert Barnes
On Malachi 4:3
18th Century
Theologian
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet. It shall be a great reversal. He that ex…
Charles Ellicott
On Malachi 4:3
19th Century
Bishop
Tread down. —Compare Isaiah 26:5-6.
That I shall do this. —Better, which I am about to make. ().
Charles Spurgeon
On Malachi 4:3–6
19th Century
Preacher
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
B…
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John Calvin
On Malachi 4:3
16th Century
Theologian
When God promises redemption to His Church, He usually mentions what is of an opposite character—namely, the destruction and ruin of His enemies. H…
John Gill
On Malachi 4:3
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall tread down the wicked
As grapes in the winepress, as Christ did before them, (Isaiah 63:2[…
Matthew Henry
On Malachi 4:1–3
17th Century
Minister
Here is a reference to the first and to the second coming of Christ: God has fixed the day of both. Those who do wickedly, who do not fear God's an…