Malachi 4:2 (WEB)

Passage

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

Nearby Context

Malachi 4:1 “For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

Malachi 4:3 You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Malachi 4:4 “Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "name", "shall", "righteousness", "arise", "healing", "wings", and "leap". 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 comes it burns..." into verse 3's "You shall tread down the wicked for...", 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.