Malachi 3:5

And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and + 3:5 Gr. beat with the fist. afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, says the Lord Almighty.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

4And the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years.

6For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed:

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Cross References

Genesis 42:18And he said to them on the third day, This do, and you⌃ shall live, for I fear God.

Exodus 18:21And do you look out for yourself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over + 18:21 Gr. them. the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

Exodus 22:20He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.

Leviticus 19:13You shall not injure your neighbor, neither do you rob him, neither shall the wages of your hireling remain with you until the morning.

Leviticus 20:10Whatever man shall commit adultery with the wife of a man, or whoever shall commit adultery with the wife of his neighbor, let them die the death, the adulterer and the adulteress.

Deuteronomy 5:11You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord your God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 400.) 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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