Malachi 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 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.

And ye shall tread down the wicked - solving the difficulty () that the wicked often now prosper. Their prosperity and the adversity of the godly shall soon be reversed.

For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet - yea, the righteous shall be the army attending Christ in His final destruction of the ungodly, and will "stamp them as the mire of the street" (; ; ; ; ; ; Revelation 2:26; Revelation 19:14).

Ashes - after having been burnt with the fire of judgment ().