Malachi 4

Which worship songs are based on Malachi 4?

  1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Amy Grant (2008) Malachi 4:2

    The combined imagery of righteousness, rising radiance, and healing borne on wings unmistakably adapts Malachi’s prophecy. This connection remains clear despite the supplied transcription’s substitution of a filial term for the hymn’s traditional solar term.

  2. Angelic Proclamation (medley) — BarlowGirl (2008) Malachi 4:2

    The paired imagery of righteousness and healing carried in wings unmistakably adapts Malachi’s promise. The supplied transcription substitutes a filial term for the solar term, but preserves the passage’s distinctive healing imagery.

  3. Unto Us — Hillsong Worship (2012) Malachi 4:2

    The opening righteousness title evokes Malachi’s distinctive solar image, applied here to Jesus. The supplied text substitutes filial language for the prophetic image of the sun.

  4. Rainbow — Josh Garrels (2009) Malachi 4:2

    The association of a wing with healing specifically recalls Malachi's image of restorative power carried in wings. The song develops that image into protective shelter.

  5. Quédate — Alex Zurdo (2023) Malachi 4:2

    The song invokes Malachi’s distinctive prophetic title for the rising source of righteousness and healing, applying its light to the singer’s inner life.

  6. Heaven and Earth — Hillsong Worship (2014) Malachi 4:2

    The second verse adopts Malachi’s distinctive image of healing carried in the wings of the rising sun of righteousness and applies it to Jesus.

  7. His Wings — Josh Garrels (2021) Malachi 4:2

    The repeated image of healing associated with divine wings unmistakably invokes Malachi's promise that the sun of righteousness will arise with healing in its wings.

  8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Rascal Flatts (2016) Malachi 4:2

    The title of righteousness and the image of healing carried in wings unmistakably adapt Malachi's promised rising sun, with the hymn applying that prophetic image to Christ.

  9. Awaken — 11th Hour (2021) Malachi 4:2

    The association of rising, winged imagery, and healing specifically recalls Malachi’s promise concerning the sun of righteousness.

  10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Cimorelli (2014) Malachi 4:2

    The paired imagery of righteousness rising and healing borne on wings unmistakably adapts Malachi’s solar image. The supplied text substitutes a filial designation for the original solar term while preserving the identifying imagery.

  11. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing — Victory (2025) Malachi 4:2

    The description of Christ as righteousness bringing healing through his wings unmistakably adapts Malachi’s image of the sun of righteousness arising with healing.

  12. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Medley / Remastered 2006 — Bing Crosby (2024) Malachi 4:2

    Christ is identified through Malachi’s image of righteousness arising with healing in its wings, with the hymn adapting the prophetic title christologically.

  13. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing — George Strait (2021) Malachi 4:2

    The title associated with righteousness, together with the imagery of rising and healing in wings, unmistakably draws from Malachi’s promised dawn of restoration. The song applies that prophetic image directly to Christ.

  14. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Darius Rucker (2014) Malachi 4:2

    The combined imagery of righteousness, rising, and healing carried in wings unmistakably invokes Malachi's solar image. This connection remains clear despite the supplied transcription substituting a filial term for the traditional solar wording.

  15. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Mahalia Jackson (2011) Malachi 4:2

    The hymn directly adopts Malachi's distinctive solar image of righteousness rising with healing in its wings and applies it to Christ.

  16. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Marc Martel (2021) Malachi 4:2

    The combined imagery of righteousness rising and bringing healing in its wings unmistakably adapts Malachi's image of the sun of righteousness.

  17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — CCV Music (2023) Malachi 4:2

    The song unmistakably adapts Malachi's image of the rising sun of righteousness bearing healing in its wings, using wordplay to identify that prophetic image with the Son.

  18. God of Ages — Hillsong Worship (2007) Malachi 4:2

    The song applies Malachi’s distinctive image of righteousness rising like the sun to Jesus through a substitution of Son for sun. Its surrounding emphasis on divine light and healing reinforces the connection to this verse.

  19. Send Me (Live) — SEU Worship, Chelsea Plank (2024) Malachi 4:2

    The image of healing associated with divine wings distinctly evokes Malachi’s promise of the sun of righteousness rising with healing.

  20. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Carrie Underwood (2008) Malachi 4:2

    The hymn reproduces Malachi’s distinctive paired images of a righteous sun rising and healing carried in its wings, interpreting the prophecy christologically.

  21. Farther Along — Josh Garrels (2011) Malachi 4:2

    The image of a calf released from its stall and moving exuberantly unmistakably evokes Malachi's picture of liberation and healing for those who fear God.

  22. No Other Name - Radio Version — Hillsong Worship (2014) Malachi 4:2

    The distinctive image of healing carried in wings directly recalls Malachi's promised sun of righteousness. The song applies this prophetic image to Christ.

  23. Hearts of the Fathers — Nathan Jess (2017) Malachi 4:6

    The chorus closely paraphrases Malachi’s closing prophecy that God will reconcile the hearts of fathers and children. The song applies that promised generational restoration as a present prayer to Jesus.

Malachi 4 (King James Version)

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.

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.

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.

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

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.