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Malachi 4:6

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4 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 you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

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 smite the earth with a curse.
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BSB
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
KJV
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 smite the earth with a curse.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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 smite the earth with a curse.
DARBY
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 smite the earth with a curse.
BLB
And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a curse.”
ÅB
og han skal vende fedrenes hjerte til barna, og barnas hjerte til deres fedre, så jeg ikke skal komme og slå landet med bann.
OTB
Han skal vende fedrenes hjerter til barna, og barnas hjerter til fedrene; ellers vil jeg komme og slå landet med fullstendig ødeleggelse."
B1930
og han skal vende fedrenes hjerte til barna, og barnas hjerte til deres fedre, så jeg ikke skal komme og slå landet med bann.

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  • Luke 1:16–17

    And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

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  • Isaiah 11:4

    But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

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  • Hebrews 10:26–31

    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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  • Matthew 23:35–38

    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

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  • Daniel 9:11

    Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

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  • Revelation 22:20–21

    He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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  • Isaiah 65:15

    And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

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  • Luke 1:76

    And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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