(Mal 4:1) For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud [Heb: arrogant /// insolent], yea, and all that do wickedly [Heb: wrong (esp. morally)], shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch [nothing, zilch, nada].

stubble = Dict: the stump of a grain stalk or the like, left in the ground when the crop is cut.

(1 Co 3:10-15) According to the grace of God which is given unto me [the Apostle Paul], as a wise masterbuilder [Gk: chief constructor, architect], I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest [Gk: shining, apparent, public]: for the day [of the Lord, light] shall declare it [Gk: make plain], because it shall be revealed [to take off the cover, disclosed] by fire; and the fire shall try [Gk: test: examine, prove] every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide [Gk: stay: continue remain] which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss [i.e., loss of potential rewards]: but he himself shall be saved [Gk: sos; "safe"; delivered, protected, healed, preserved, made whole]; yet so [saved] as by fire.

(Mat 25:30) And cast ye the unprofitable [Gk: useless] servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

(Mal 4:2,3) But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

(Mal 4:2,3) But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness [Christ Jesus] arise [to irradiate (to shoot forth beams)] [outward from in your hearts: Rom 8:18] with healing in his wings [Eagle’s wings = Father God is the Father Eagle, the Old Testament and the New Testament are His wings. Eagles are noted for their strength, powerful flight and keenness of vision; we are eaglets]; and ye shall go forth [into the universe ("kosmos" Mark 16:15)], and grow up [mature] as calves [Heb: a male calf: bullock] [having powerful potential] of the stall [Heb: to tie up; a stall (for cattle)] [we shall develop, mature in an ordered protected nurturing domesticated(ing) environment. Our "stall" is in the "barn" (Mat 13:30) of Jesus (i.e., the Bible), within the world – "kosmos" cosmos, universe), versus remaining "wild"= no stall, no barn, no Jesus]. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be [burned up] ashes [Joel 2:1-11] under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

(Job 28:28) And unto man he [Job] said, Behold, the fear of the Lord [30x], that is wisdom; and to depart from [Heb: turn off: leave undone, turn aside, withdraw, be without] evil is understanding.

(Psa 111:10) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

(Pro 10:27) The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

(Exo 19:3,4) And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain [of Sinai], saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians [symbolically, the land of the unsaved], and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

(Isa 40:31) But they that wait upon [Heb: to bind together: tarry, wait for] the LORD shall renew [increase] their strength; they shall mount up [Heb: ascend] with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

(Mat 24:28) For wheresoever the carcase is ["a fallen body (a corpse" Amplified Bible], there will the eagles be gathered together [Gk: sunago; assembled].

(Luk 17:37) And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the [dead] body is, thither will the eagles [the raptured spirits of the saints] be gathered together.

"eagles" = KJV, NKJV. "vultures" = NIV, NAS, NRSV, Jewish New Testament, The Living Bible.

(Joel 2:1-11) Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, //// as the morning [Heb: dawn] spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong [of "the first resurrection" saints: Rev 20:4-6]; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations [i.e., upon the conclusion of The Millennium]. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining [the opening of the sixth seal: Rev 6:12-17; 7:1-17]: And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great [for us] and very terrible [for them]; and who can abide it?

 

(Mal 4:4-6) Remember ye the law of Moses my servant [the Ten Commandments], which I commanded unto him in Horeb [Heb: the Sinaitic mountains] for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you [the spirit of] Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great [for us] and dreadful [for them] 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 [through evangelism], lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Amen