Discovery BoxMalachi 2:2 
Context2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously 1 the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment 2 on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
Malachi 3:5
Context3:5 “I 3 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, 4 and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, 5 who refuse to help 6 the immigrant 7 and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
1 tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”
2 tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”
3 tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the
4 tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”
5 tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”
6 tn Heb “those who turn aside.”
7 tn Or “resident foreigner”; NIV “aliens”; NRSV “the alien.”
