Then the [a]offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be (A)pleasing to the Lord as in the (B)days of old and as in former years.

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the (C)sorcerers and against the (D)adulterers and against those who (E)swear falsely, and against those who oppress the (F)wage earner in his wages, the (G)widow and the [b]orphan, and those who turn aside the [c](H)alien and do not [d]fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts. “For [e]I, the Lord, (I)do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, [f]are not consumed.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:4 Or grain offering
  2. Malachi 3:5 Or fatherless
  3. Malachi 3:5 Or sojourner
  4. Malachi 3:5 Or revere
  5. Malachi 3:6 Or I am the Lord; I do not
  6. Malachi 3:6 Or have not come to an end

and the offerings(A) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.(B)

“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(C) adulterers(D) and perjurers,(E) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(F) who oppress the widows(G) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(H) among you of justice, but do not fear(I) me,” says the Lord Almighty.

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“I the Lord do not change.(J) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(K)

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