Malachi 3:5

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3 ^aHe will sit as a refiner and¹ a purifier of silver;
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.

4 “Then ^athe offering of Judah and Jerusalem
Will be¹ pleasant to the Lord,
As in the days of old,
As in former years.

5 And I will come near you for judgment;
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.

6 “For I am the Lord, ^aI do not change;
^bTherefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

7 Yet from the days of ^ayour fathers
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

8 “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
^aIn tithes and offerings.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Malachi 3:5

I will come near to you to judgment - And what fearful cases does he get to judge! Sorcerers, adulterers, false swearers, defrauders of the wages of the hireling, oppressors of widows and orphans, and perverters of the stranger and such as do not fear the Lord: a horrible crew; and the land at that time was full of them. Several were converted under the preaching of Christ and his apostles, and the rest the Romans destroyed or carried into captivity.

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