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Malachi 4:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the day: Malachi 4:5, Malachi 3:2; Ezekiel 7:10; Joel 2:1, Joel 2:31; Zephaniah 1:14; Zechariah 14:1; Luke 19:43, Luke 21:20; 2 Peter 3:7

shall burn: Psalms 21:9-10; Nahum 1:5-6; Zephaniah 1:18; Matthew 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:8

and all the: Malachi 3:15, Malachi 3:18; Exodus 15:7; Psalms 119:119; Isaiah 2:12-17, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 40:24, Isaiah 41:2, Isaiah 47:14; Obadiah 1:18; Nahum 1:10

that it: Job 18:16; Amos 2:9

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