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The offerings[a] of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past.

“I[b] will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination; those who commit adultery; those who break promises;[c] and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans,[d] who refuse to help[e] the resident foreigner[f] and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness

“Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises,[g] you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:4 tn Or “gift.”
  2. Malachi 3:5 tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the Lord) indicates that the Lord himself now speaks (see also v. 1). The prophet speaks in vv. 2-4 (see also 2:17).
  3. Malachi 3:5 tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”
  4. Malachi 3:5 tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”
  5. Malachi 3:5 tn Heb “those who turn aside.”
  6. Malachi 3:5 sn Cf. Exod 22:21; Lev 19:33-34; Deut 10:18-19; 24:14, 17; 27:19; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10.
  7. Malachi 3:6 tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.