³ He will sit refining and purifying;
    he will purify the descendants of Levi
and refine them like gold or silver
    so that they may in righteousness
    offer due sacrifice to the Lord.
⁴ Thus the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem
    will be pleasing to the Lord
as in the days of old,
    as in the years long past.
⁵ Then I will draw near to you for judgment,
    and I will be swift to bear witness
against the sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers,
    against those who defraud the hired laborer of his wages,
against those who wrong widows and orphans,
    against those who thrust aside the foreigner,
and against those who do not fear me,
    says the Lord of hosts.