Malachi 4:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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. {THE END OF THE PROPHETS.}

Lest

And smite

General references

Matthew 11:13

Acts 2:19

Bible References

Lest

when the king was informed of this, he was greatly incensed, and having order'd his forces to march, he put those murderers to death, and laid their city in ashes.

so that you maybe charg'd with all the innocent blood shed upon earth, from the blood of Abel the just, unto the blood of Zacharias, the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

for as the lightning darts from the east in an instant to the west: such shall the advent of the son of man be.

Now when you shall see the-abomination of desolation, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, establish'd where it ought not to be (let the reader observe) then let those, who are in Judea, flee to the mountains:

as he drew nigh, he beheld the city, and bewail'd its fate,

for this is the time of vengeance, when all that is writ, shall be accomplished.

And smite

Peter remembring the tree, said, master, see the fig-tree, which you cursed, is quite withered.

but that which bears thorns and briars, is look'd upon as lying under a curse; whose end will be to be burnt.

for if we wilfully apostatize, after having received the knowledge of the truth, it is as a sin for which there is no sacrifice appointed.

There shall be nothing obnoxious to a curse: but the throne of God and of the lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.

General references

for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John.

and I will shew prodigies in the heavens, and signs on the earth; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.