3<\/strong>. ashes<\/em> ] to which the “stubble” has been reduced, Mal 4:1<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n that I<\/em> shall do<\/em> this] Rather, when I do, or work<\/strong>. See note on Mal 3:17<\/span>.<\/p>\n And ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet. It shall be a great reversal. He that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he, that humbleth himself shall be exalted – <\/B>Here the wicked often have the pre-eminence. This was the complaint of the murmurers among the Jews; in the morning of the Resurrection Psa 49:14<\/span>, the upright shall have dominion over them. The wicked, he had said, shall be as stubble, and that day Psa 4:1<\/span>, shall burn them up; here, then, they are as the ashes, the only remnant of the stubble, as the dust under the feet. The elect shall rejoice, that they have, in mercy, escaped such misery. Therefore they shall be kindled inconceivably with the divine love, and shall from their inmost heart give thanks unto God. And being thus of one mind with God, and seeing all things as He seeth, they will rejoice in His judgments, because they are His. For they cannot have one slightest velleity, other than the all-perfect Will of God. So Isaiah closes his prophecy Isa 66:24<\/span>, And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men, that have transgressed against Me, for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh. So Psa 58:10<\/span>. The righteous shall rejoice, when he seeth the vengeance; and another Psalmist Psa 107:42<\/span>, The righteous shall see and rejoice; and all wickedness shall stop her mouth; and Job Job 22:19<\/span>. The righteous see and are glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 3<\/span>. Ye shall tread down<\/B><\/I>] This may be the commission given to the Romans: Tread down the wicked people, tread down the wicked place; set it on fire, and let the ashes<\/I> be trodden down under your feet.<\/P> <\/p>\n And ye:<\/B> see Mal 4:2<\/span>. <\/P> Shall tread down the wicked:<\/B> now the ungodly, proud, and atheistical despisers of God, providence, and future judgments. do tread down those that fear God and are godly, but it shall not be so always; that word, Psa 58:10<\/span>,11<\/span>, and that, Isa 66:24<\/span>, and that, Rev 18:20<\/span>, shall be fulfilled in the overthrow of the bad, and in the triumphs of the good. But, more particularly, this treading seems to be intended of those who, after the sacking and burning of Jerusalem, should return either to view the ruins. or to dwell there, and so should, in going lip and down. tread upon the wicked, either buried in the ruins or consumed to ashes. <\/P> For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet:<\/B> by this it appears that these preserved ones did not barbarously tread upon the entire bodies of the wicked, but upon the ashes of those bodies, by the fire consumed and turned into ashes, and mixed with the ashes of their houses and goods. <\/P> In the day that I shall do this; <\/B>burn Jerusalem and the temple, with the citizens and priests whose carcasses were slain by the sword, or their persons, surprised with the flames, shall be burnt up. And so both this and much of the first verse may be literally understood, and was so fulfilled by Titus and his soldiers, A.D. 73. <\/P> <\/p>\n 3.<\/B> Solving the difficulty (Mal3:15<\/span>) that the wicked often now prosper. Their prosperity and theadversity of the godly shall soon be reversed. Yea, the righteousshall be the army attending Christ in His final destruction of theungodly (2Sa 22:43<\/span>; Psa 49:14<\/span>;Psa 47:3<\/span>; Mic 7:10<\/span>;Zec 10:5<\/span>; 1Co 6:2<\/span>;Rev 2:26<\/span>; Rev 2:27<\/span>;Rev 19:14<\/span>; Rev 19:15<\/span>).<\/P> ashes<\/B>after having beenburnt with the fire of judgment (Mal4:1<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And ye shall tread down the wicked<\/strong>,…. As grapes in the winepress, as Christ did before them, Isa 63:2<\/span> and they by virtue of him; who makes them more than conquerors through himself, over all their enemies, spiritual and temporal:<\/p>\n for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet<\/strong>; this refers to the burning of them, Mal 4:1<\/span> and may be literally understood of their being burnt with the city and temple; when afterwards, as Grotius observes, the city of Jerusalem being in some measure rebuilt, and called Aelia, there was a Christian church in it, governed by bishops, who were converted Jews; and so might be literally said to trample upon the ashes of the wicked, who had persecuted them in times past, they being upon the very spot where these men were destroyed by fire:<\/p>\n in the day that I shall do [this], saith the Lord of hosts<\/strong>: or “in the day which I make” m; that is, by the rising of the sun of righteousness, the Gospel day. The Talmud n interprets this verse of the bodies of the wicked in hell, which after twelve months will be consumed, and the wind will scatter them under the soles of the feet of the righteous.<\/p>\n m “eo die, quem ego facio”, Cocceius. n T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 17. 1.<\/p>\n When God promises redemption to his Church, he usually mentions what is of an opposite character, even the destruction and ruin of his enemies, and he does this on purpose lest envy should annoy or harass the faithful, while seeing the ungodly prosperous and happy. So also in this place Malachi says, that the ungodly would be trodden under foot by the faithful like the dust; and he says this lest the elect, while lying prostrate under the feet of their enemies and proudly trampled upon by them, should succumb under their troubles; but they were to look for what the Prophet declares here, for they were not only to be raised up by the hand of God, but were also to be superior to their enemies, and be enabled in their turn to suppress their pride: in short, he means that they were to be raised above all the height of the world. <\/p>\n At the same time, God does not allow his children cruelly to seek vengeance, for he would have them to be endued with meekness, so as not to cease to do good to the wicked and to pray for them, though they may have been unjustly treated by them. But, as I have already said, he meant here to obviate an evil which is natural to us all, for we are apt to despond when our enemies exult over us, and rage against us. Lest then their temporary success and prosperity should deject our minds, God brings a remedy, and strengthens our patience by this consideration, — that the state of things will shortly be changed, so that we shall triumph over the ungodly, who thought us to have been undone a hundred times; God will indeed visit them with extreme shame, because they not only fatuitously boast of their unjust deeds, but also raise up their horns against him. <\/p>\n Let us proceed; he says, In the day in which I make (274) He again restrains their desires, that they might not with too much haste look forward, but wait for the day prefixed by the Lord. We indeed know how great is the importunity of men as to their wishes, and how ardently they seek their accomplishment unless God checks them. Whenever then we speak of the destruction of our enemies, let us remember that we ought to regard the day of the Lord, in which he purposes to execute his judgement. Some, as I have said, give a different version, but the one I have given is the most probable, and is also more generally approved. It now follows — <\/p>\n (274) See note on Mal 3:17<\/span>. — Ed. <\/p>\n (3) Tread down.<\/strong>Comp. Isa. 26:5-6<\/span>.<\/p>\n That I shall do this.<\/strong>Better, which I am about to make.<\/em> (Comp. Mal. 3:17<\/span>.)<\/p>\n Mal 4:3<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Ye shall tread down the wicked<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> This seems to refer to the miracles of the rising church; by which the wicked, through divine grace, yielded and submitted themselves; for there could be no other way employed for their subjugation to the Gospel by Christians as such. See Houbigant. <\/p>\n Mal 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 3. And ye shall tread down the wicked<\/strong> ] Christ, the champion of his Church, hath already won the field, and will shortly set his people’s feet upon the necks of all their enemies. The broken horns of Satan himself shall be the trumpets of their triumph and the cornets of their joy, Rom 16:20<\/span> . See what honour all the saints have in this respect, Psa 149:7-9<\/span> ; see what comfort, Joh 16:33<\/span> ; see what conquests, Rom 8:37<\/span> . How much more at the last day, when the thrones shall be set, &c., Mat 19:28<\/span> . Rabbi David Kimchi understands this text to be temporal victories only. And no wonder, as being a Jew, and minding earthly things, he ascends no higher. Such grasshoppers, if at any time they leap above the earth, they soon fall down to it again; and as they are of the earth, so they speak of the earth, and the earth hears them. Petrus a Figniero writing upon those words in the former chapter, Mal 3:12<\/span> “For ye shall be a delightsome land,” Nota modum loquendi,<\/em> saith he: mark that expression, He saith not your land shall be a delightsome land, but “ye shall be,” &c. Forte enim tacite Iudaeos percellit terrain eos vocando.<\/em> It may be the Lord hereby, closely meets with them for their earthly mindedness; as those that by promise of earthly blessings were soonest prevailed with to serve God, when as these should have been but as steps or stirrups to mount their hearts up to a desire of the things above. Victory in their sense is doubtless a special mercy; and is so promised to the obedient, Deu 28:13<\/span> “The Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and not beneath,” &c. Hence the Israelites, delivered from the Egyptians at the Red Sea, sang, “The Lord is a man of war,” Exo 15:3<\/span> ; the Chaldee there hath it, The Lord and victor of wars. The Grecians delivered from the Persians (vanquished and driven out by Themistocles), called their Jupiter thereupon, E , the deliverer. It was the thankful acknowledgment of generals, captains, and soldiers at Edge Hill fight, that the Lord was seen in the mount, never less of man in such a business, never more of God. But what shall it profit a man to conquer countries, and yet be vanquished of vices? to tread upon his enemies, and yet be taken captive by the devil at his pleasure? 2Ti 2:26<\/span> , to command the whole world, as those Persian kings, and yet were commanded by their concubines, so by their base lusts, by yielding whereunto they give place unto the very devil, and receive them into their very bosoms, Eph 4:27<\/span> , who there hence leads them away naked and barefoot, as the Assyrians did the Egyptians, Isa 20:2<\/span> . How much better Valentinian the emperor, who said upon his death-bed that among all his victories over his enemies this one only comforted him, viz. that by the grace and power of Christ Jesus he that got the better of his corruptions, and was now more than a conqueror, even a triumpher. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet<\/strong> ] Even the ashes of that stubble burnt in Christ’s oven, Mal 4:1<\/span> . This shows their utter and ignominious destruction. And the like is foretold of mystical Babylon, Rev 18:17-19<\/span> . Tota eris in cineres quasi nunquam Roma fuisses,<\/em> sang Sibylla of old. Fiat, Fiat.<\/em> Our corruptions also shall one day be incinerated (they are already buried, Rom 6:4<\/span> Col 2:12 ), the fiery spirit of Christ will do with the body of sin, as the King of Moab did with the King of Edom, Amo 2:1<\/span> , burn its bones into lime. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the day that I shall do this<\/strong> ] sc.<\/em> Partly here, but perfectly at the last day. Meanwhile sin may rebel in God’s people, but it cannot reign. Satan may nibble at their heel, but he cannot come at their head; the world may kill them, but cannot hurt them. “Be of good cheer,” saith Christ, “I have overcome the world,” Joh 16:33<\/span> . All evils and enemies shall co-operate for their good, Rom 8:28<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Saith the Lord of hosts<\/strong> ] Who hath also said, “Heaven and earth shall pass, but not one jot or tittle of my word,” &c.<\/p>\n the wicked = lawless ones. Hebrew rasha ‘. App-44. <\/p>\n in the day. See App-18. <\/p>\n I shall do this = that I am preparing; as in Mal 3:17. <\/p>\n tread down: Gen 3:15, Jos 10:24, Jos 10:25, 2Sa 22:43, Job 40:12, Psa 91:13, Isa 25:10, Isa 26:6, Isa 63:3-6, Dan 7:18, Dan 7:27, Mic 5:8, Mic 7:10, Zec 10:5, Rom 16:20, Rev 11:15, Rev 14:20 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 22:39 – General 1Ki 5:3 – put 2Ki 9:33 – and he trode 2Ch 22:7 – destruction Psa 7:5 – tread Psa 9:5 – destroyed Psa 18:42 – cast Psa 49:14 – upright Psa 60:12 – tread Psa 119:118 – trodden Pro 14:19 – General Isa 16:4 – oppressors Isa 27:4 – who would Lam 1:15 – trodden Eze 28:18 – I will bring<\/p>\n Mal 4:3, We know that Christians are not permitted to use any kind of literal violence against Sinners, hence this treadIng of them is explained by the comments on verse 1. And we know this “burning” and “treading” did not reter to the time after the judgment day, for it was to occur in the day that I shall do this, referring to the time of the Gospel age.<\/p>\n Mal 4:3. And ye shall tread down the wicked Ye shall know that they are wholly subdued. Newcome. Houbigant thinks this refers to the miracles of the rising church, by which the wicked were compelled to yield, and submit themselves; for there is no other dominion under which they could be held by Christians. There was a time when the wicked trode them down, and said to their souls, Bow down that we may go over; but the day will come that will make them victorious over all their enemies, and they, as it were, shall tread down the wicked; for, being made Christs footstool, Psa 110:1, they are also made theirs, and shall come and worship before the feet of the church, Rev 3:9. When believers, by faith, overcome the world; when they suppress their corrupt appetites and passions; and when the God of peace bruises Satan under their feet, then they indeed tread down the wicked. Henry. For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet The meaning of this is thought by some to be, that when these believing ones, who through their faith should escape the destruction in which the unbelievers were involved, should return to the place where the city stood, they would there tread upon the ashes of the wicked, who were destroyed in the destruction of the city, and many of them burned to ashes in the flames by which it was consumed. According to Eusebius, a Christian Church was erected in a town called lia, built upon the ruins of Jerusalem, of which no less than thirteen persons of Jewish parentage were bishops. So that the faithful among the Jewish nation did literally tread the ashes of the wicked under the soles of their feet. But the general sense of the expression no doubt is, that the great, the unspeakable superiority of the righteous over the wicked, should be evident to themselves and all men, in the distinction which should be made in their favour, first, in the calamities which would come on the Jewish nation, and secondly, and especially, in that day when the righteous shall rise to everlasting life, and the wicked to shame and everlasting contempt. <\/p>\n The righteous would also enjoy superiority over the wicked in that day, the opposite of the situation in Malachi’s day. The wicked would be as ashes (from the burning, Mal 4:1) under their (the calves’) feet in that the wicked would suffer judgment and offer no resistance (cf. Isa 66:24; Mat 3:12; Mar 9:48). Almighty Yahweh was preparing that day, so it would inevitably come.<\/p>\n 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. 3. ashes ] to which the “stubble” has been reduced, Mal 4:1. that I shall do this] Rather, when I do, or work. 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