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OET-LV No OET-LV MAL 4:1 verse available
OET (OET-RV) “Yes, listen, the day that burns like a furnace is coming, when all the arrogant people and all the evildoers will become useless pieces of dry stalks in a field. The day that is coming will burn them up,” says army-commander Yahweh, “so they’ll be gone without leaving any roots or branches.
הִנֵּ֤ה
(hinnēh)
Alternate translation: “look” or “listen” or “pay attention to what I am about to tell you”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הַיּוֹם֙ בָּ֔א בֹּעֵ֖ר כַּתַּנּ֑וּר
(hayyōm bāʼ boˊēr kattannūr)
The disaster occurring at this time is spoken of as if the day itself were burning. God’s judgment is often spoken of as if it were a fire.
זֵדִ֜ים & עֹשֵׂ֤ה רִשְׁעָה֙
(zēdim & ˊosēh rishˊāh)
See how you translated these words in Malachi 3:15.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהָי֨וּ כָל־זֵדִ֜ים וְכָל־עֹשֵׂ֤ה רִשְׁעָה֙ קַ֔שׁ
(vəhāyū kāl-zēdim vəkāl-ˊosēh rishˊāh qash)
These people are spoken of as if they will become dried-up plants fit only for being burned. It is common for the Bible to speak of people as if they were plants or trees. Alternate translation: “all the arrogant and all the evildoers will burn up like dry plants”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְלִהַ֨ט אֹתָ֜ם הַיּ֣וֹם הַבָּ֗א
(vəlihaţ ʼotām hayyōm habāʼ)
Here The day stands for the events that will occur on that day. Alternate translation: “On that day I will burn them up”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֹא־יַעֲזֹ֥ב לָהֶ֖ם שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ וְעָנָֽף
(loʼ-yaˊₐzoⱱ lāhem shoresh vəˊānāf)
This expression continues to speak of people as if they were plants or trees. Alternate translation: “nothing will be left”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לֹא־יַעֲזֹ֥ב לָהֶ֖ם שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ וְעָנָֽף
(loʼ-yaˊₐzoⱱ lāhem shoresh vəˊānāf)
Being deprived of all roots and branches stands for being completely killed off. Alternate translation: “nothing will be left”
4:1-3 This message shifts away from the disputation format, directly warning the people that repentance is the only proper response to the Lord’s message because God’s judgment is inescapable.
OET-LV No OET-LV MAL 4:1 verse available
OET (OET-RV) “Yes, listen, the day that burns like a furnace is coming, when all the arrogant people and all the evildoers will become useless pieces of dry stalks in a field. The day that is coming will burn them up,” says army-commander Yahweh, “so they’ll be gone without leaving any roots or branches.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.