Malachi 4:2 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, 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.

Malachi 4:2 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.

Malachi 4:3 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.

Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "name", "shall", "righteousness", "arise", "healing", and "wings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fear" and "name", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "For behold the day cometh that shall..." into verse 3's "And ye shall tread down the wicked...", so "fear" and "name" belong inside that flow. In Malachi context, the local focus is covenant faithfulness, priestly corruption, divine justice, and the coming day of the LORD.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fear" and "name" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.