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 (Malachi 3:15) 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" (2 Samuel 22:43; Psalms 47:3; Psalms 49:14; Micah 7:10; Zechariah 10:5; 1 Corinthians 6:2; Revelation 2:26-27; Revelation 19:14-15).
Ashes - after having been burnt with the fire of judgment (Malachi 4:1).