He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may boffer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.
Will be1 pleasant to the Lord,
As in the days of old,
As in former years.
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
aAgainst perjurers,
Against those who bexploit wage earners and cwidows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
You have gone away from My ordinances
And have not kept them.
bReturn to Me, and I will return to you,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
c“But you said,
‘In what way shall we return?’
Do Not Rob God
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
aIn tithes and offerings.
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the cwindows of heaven
And dpour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;
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Malachi 3:5
I . . . come near . . . to judgment—I whom ye challenged, saying, "Where is the God of judgment?" (Malachi 2:17). I whom ye think far off, and to be slow in judgment, am "near," and will come as a "swift witness"; not only a judge, but also an eye-witness against sorcerers; for Mine eyes see every sin, though ye think I take no heed. Earthly judges need witnesses to enable them to decide aright: I alone need none (Psalms 10:11; Psalms 73:11; Psalms 94:7, etc.).
sorcerers—a sin into which the Jews were led in connection with their foreign idolatrous wives. The Jews of Christ's time also practised sorcery (Acts 8:9; Acts 13:6; Galatians 5:20; JOSEPHUS [Antiquities, 20.6; Wars of the Jews, 2.12.23]). It shall be a characteristic of the last Antichristian confederacy, about to be consumed by the brightness of Christ's Coming (Matthew 24:24; II Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 13:13-14; Revelation 16:13-14; also Revelation 9:21; Revelation 18:23; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:15). Romanism has practised it; an order of exorcists exists in that Church.
adulterers— (Malachi 2:15-16).
fear not me—the source of all sins.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Malachi 3:5:
Jeremiah 5:29
Daniel 9:26
Zephaniah 3:8
Zechariah 5:4
Malachi 3:17
2 Corinthians 1:23
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