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But unto youd that fear my name shall the Sunf of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and growg up as calves of the stall.

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Mal. 3:16• ¹⁶Then they that feared Jehovah spake often one to another: and Jehovah hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written {i}before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.{/i} (Mal. 3:16)

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; whereby [the] day-spring from on high has visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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Hos. 14:5‑7• ⁵I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
⁶{i}His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.{/i}
⁷They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine; the scent as the vine of Lebanon. (Hos. 14:5‑7)

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that fear.

Mal. 3:16• ¹⁶Then they that feared Jehovah spake often one to another: and Jehovah hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written {i}before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.{/i} (Mal. 3:16)

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Psa. 85:9• ⁹Surely his salvation [is] near those that fear him,{HR}That glory may dwell in our land. (Psa. 85:9)

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Isa. 50:10• ¹⁰Who [is] among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and stay upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)

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Isa. 66:1‑2• ¹Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:1‑2)

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Luke 1:50• ⁵⁰and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (Luke 1:50)

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Acts 13:26• ²⁶Brethren sons of Abraham's race, and those among you that fear God, to us was the word of this salvation sent forth. (Acts 13:26)

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Rev. 11:18• ¹⁸And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the little and the great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth. (Rev. 11:18)

the Sun.

2 Sam. 23:4• ⁴And he shall be as the light of the morning,{HR}When the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ;{HR}As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. (2 Sam. 23:4)

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Psa. 67:1• ¹To the chief musician, on Neginoth ; a psalm, a song.{HR}God be gracious to us and bless us;{HR}Cause his face to shine upon us (Selah), (Psa. 67:1)

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Psa. 84:11• ¹¹For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)

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Prov. 4:18• ¹⁸But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)

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Isa. 9:2• ²The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light hath shone. (Isa. 9:2)

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Isa. 30:26• ²⁶And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. (Isa. 30:26)

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Isa. 49:6• ⁶And he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isa. 49:6)

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Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20• ¹Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
²For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples: but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
³And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
¹⁹The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
²⁰Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20)

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Hos. 6:3• ³{i}And we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.{/i} (Hos. 6:3)

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Matt. 4:15‑16• ¹⁵{i}Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:{/i}
¹⁶{i}-- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.{/i} (Matt. 4:15‑16)

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; whereby [the] day-spring from on high has visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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Luke 2:32• ³²a light for revelation of [the] Gentiles, and [the] glory of thy people Israel. (Luke 2:32)

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John 1:4,8,14• ⁴In him was life: and the life was the light of men.
⁸He was not the light, but that he might witness about the light.
¹⁴And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only-begotten from beside a father), full of grace and truth. (John 1:4,8,14)

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John 8:12• ¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall in no wise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)

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John 9:4• ⁴I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day: night cometh, when no one can work. (John 9:4)

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John 12:35‑36• ³⁵Jesus then said to them, Yet a little time the light is among you. Walk while ye have the light, that the darkness may not overtake you; and he that walketh in darkness knoweth not where he goeth.
³⁶While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become sons of light. (John 12:35‑36)

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John 12:40• ⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them. (John 12:40)

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Acts 13:47• ⁴⁷For thus hath the Lord enjoined us, I have set thee for a light of Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost parts of the earth. (Acts 13:47)

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Acts 26:18• ¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)

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Eph. 5:8‑14• ⁸for ye were once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light
⁹(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
¹⁰proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
¹¹and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove;
¹²for the things in secret done by them it is shameful even to speak of,
¹³but all of them, when reproved by the light, are made manifest; for everything that maketh manifest is light.
¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8‑14)

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2 Peter 1:19• ¹⁹And we have the prophetic word firmer, to which ye do well in paying heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawn and a morning star arise in your hearts; (2 Peter 1:19)

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1 John 2:8• ⁸Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing, and the true light already shineth. (1 John 2:8)

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Rev. 2:28• ²⁸And I will give him the morning star. (Rev. 2:28)

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Rev. 22:16• ¹⁶I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright [and] the morning star. (Rev. 22:16)

healing.

Psa. 103:3• ³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;{HR}Who healeth all thy diseases; (Psa. 103:3)

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Psa. 147:3• ³The healer of the broken-hearted,{HR}And binding up their wounds. (Psa. 147:3)

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Isa. 53:5• ⁵But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isa. 53:5)

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Isa. 57:18‑19• ¹⁸I have seen his ways and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts to him and to those of his that mourn.
¹⁹I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace, to [him that is] afar off and to [him that is] near, saith Jehovah, and I will heal him. (Isa. 57:18‑19)

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Jer. 17:14• ¹⁴Heal me, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. (Jer. 17:14)

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Jer. 33:6• ⁶Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. (Jer. 33:6)

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Ezek. 47:12• ¹²And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. (Ezek. 47:12)

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Hos. 6:1• ¹Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Hos. 6:1)

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Hos. 14:4• ⁴I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. (Hos. 14:4)

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Matt. 11:5• ⁵{i}Blind [men] see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them:{/i} (Matt. 11:5)

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Rev. 22:2• ²In the midst of the street of it and of the river, on this side and on that side, {i}was the{/i} tree of life producing twelve fruits, every month yielding its fruit; and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations. (Rev. 22:2)

wings.

Ruth 2:12• ¹²Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (Ruth 2:12)

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Matt. 23:37• ³⁷{i}Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!{/i} (Matt. 23:37)

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Psa. 92:12‑14• ¹²The righteous one shall sprout as the palm,{HR}As a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow.
¹³Planted in Jehovah's house,{HR}In the courts of our God, they shall flourish.
¹⁴Still shall they bear fruit in old age;{HR}Fat and green shall they be; (Psa. 92:12‑14)

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Isa. 49:9‑10• ⁹saying to the prisoners, Go forth, to them that [are] in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] on all bare heights.
¹⁰They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them. (Isa. 49:9‑10)

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Isa. 55:12‑13• ¹²For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.
¹³Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off. (Isa. 55:12‑13)

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Jer. 31:9‑14• ⁹They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
¹¹For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
¹²Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
¹³Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
¹⁴And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:9‑14)

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Hos. 14:5‑7• ⁵I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
⁶{i}His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.{/i}
⁷They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine; the scent as the vine of Lebanon. (Hos. 14:5‑7)

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John 15:2‑5• ²Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he taketh it away; and every one that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
³Already ye are clean, because of the word which I have spoken to you.
⁴Abide in me, and I in you: as the branch cannot bear fruit from itself, unless it abide in the vine; so neither [can] ye, unless ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing. (John 15:2‑5)

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2 Thess. 1:3• ³We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of each of you all toward one another aboundeth; (2 Thess. 1:3)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: to him [be] the glory both now and unto eternity's day. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

• The appearing of the Lord is...the introduction of the day; and hence it is set forth here as the rising of the Sun of righteousness, as it will be for His earthly people. David uses similar language of the same event: (2 Sam. 23:4). (“Malachi 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.