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Malachi 3:5-7
Lexham English Bible
Malachi 3:5-7
Lexham English Bible
5 “Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear falsely,[a] and against the oppressors of the hired worker with his wages, the widow and the orphan, and the abusers of[b] the alien,[c] and yet do not fear me,” says Yahweh of hosts.
An Overflowing Blessing
6 “For I, Yahweh, have not changed,[d] and you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.[e] 7 From the days of your ancestors[f] you have turned aside from my rules, and have not kept[g] them! Return to me and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “but you say, ‘How shall we return?’
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- Malachi 3:5 Literally “as far as the falseness”
- Malachi 3:5 Literally “those pushing aside”
- Malachi 3:5 Or “sojourner”
- Malachi 3:6 Or “I do not change”
- Malachi 3:6 Or “are not destroyed”
- Malachi 3:7 Or “fathers”
- Malachi 3:7 Or “observed”
Malachi 3:5-7
New International Version
Malachi 3:5-7
New International Version
5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes
6 “I the Lord do not change.(H) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(I) 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(J) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(K) to me, and I will return to you,”(L) says the Lord Almighty.
“But you ask,(M) ‘How are we to return?’
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