Malachi 4:2

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD of Hosts addresses the faithful remnant, framed between the furnace judgment (4:1) and the trampling of the wicked (4:3), marking the moment of deliverance within the day of reckoning.

The words — שֶׁמֶשׁ צְדָקָה (shemesh tzedakah) fuses "sun" and "righteousness" into a single agent; the sun is not merely light but the personified force of justice. מַרְפֵּא (marpe') places healing "in its wings," borrowing the protective covering image of a bird.

The thread — The LORD as sun appears in Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 30:26 anticipates the same eschatological intensification of light; Jeremiah 33:6 echoes the healing motif.

Why it lands — The verse is conditional on fearing God's name, not on any inherent merit; it asks the reader to recognize which side of the 4:1/4:3 divide they occupy.

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The Hebrew words

וְזָרְחָ֨הve./za.re.Chahand/ it will riseלָכֶ֜םla./Khemfor/ youיִרְאֵ֤יyir.'Ei[those] fearing שְׁמִי֙she.M/i<of> name/ my שֶׁ֣מֶשׁShe.mesha sun of צְדָקָ֔הtze.da.Kahrighteousness וּמַרְפֵּ֖אu./mar.Pe'and/ healing בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָbi/kh.na.Fei./ha[will be] in/ wings/ its וִֽיצָאתֶ֥םvi./tza.Temand/ you will go out וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖םu./fish.Temand/ you will skip כְּעֶגְלֵ֥יke./'eg.Leilike/ calves of מַרְבֵּֽק׃mar.Bek[the] stall

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Isaiah 30:26 The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
Luke 1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
2 Samuel 23:4 is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Malachi 3:16 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.