Malachi 1:5

1:5 Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified ¹  even beyond the border of Israel!’”

Malachi 4:5

4:5 Look, I will send you Elijah ²  the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Or “Great is the Lord” (so NAB; similar NIV, NRSV).

[4:5]  ² sn I will send you Elijah the prophet. In light of the ascension of Elijah to heaven without dying (2 Kgs 2:11), Judaism has always awaited his return as an aspect of the messianic age (see, e.g., John 1:19-28). Jesus identified John the Baptist as Elijah, because he came in the “spirit and power” of his prototype Elijah (Matt 11:14; 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36).