Malachi 1:11
Context1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” 1 says the Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 3:5
Context3:5 “I 2 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, 3 and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, 4 who refuse to help 5 the immigrant 6 and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
1 sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the
2 tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the
3 tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”
4 tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”
5 tn Heb “those who turn aside.”
6 tn Or “resident foreigner”; NIV “aliens”; NRSV “the alien.”