Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Malachi 4:5 in English Standard Version "“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes." Joe 2:31 The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. Mal 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. Mt 11:14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come. Mr 9:11 And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” Lu 1:17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”