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Malachi 3:4-6
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4 The offerings[a] of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past.

5 “I[b] will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination; those who commit adultery; those who break promises;[c] and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans,[d] who refuse to help[e] the resident foreigner[f] and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness

6 “Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises,[g] you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:4 tn Or “gift.”
  2. Malachi 3:5 tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the Lord) indicates that the Lord himself now speaks (see also v. 1). The prophet speaks in vv. 2-4 (see also 2:17).
  3. Malachi 3:5 tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”
  4. Malachi 3:5 tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”
  5. Malachi 3:5 tn Heb “those who turn aside.”
  6. Malachi 3:5 sn Cf. Exod 22:21; Lev 19:33-34; Deut 10:18-19; 24:14, 17; 27:19; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10.
  7. Malachi 3:6 tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.
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