Malachi 3:5

“I ¹  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, ²  and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, ³  who refuse to help ⁴  the immigrant ⁵  and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Ge 20:11; Ge 42:18; Ex 1:17; Ex 18:21; Ex 22:21-24; Le 19:13; Le 20:6,10,27; De 5:11,17-21; De 24:14,15,17; De 27:19; Ne 5:15; Ps 36:1; Ps 50:3-6; Ps 50:7; Ps 81:8; Ps 96:13; Ps 98:9; Pr 8:13; Pr 16:6; Pr 22:22,23; Pr 23:10,11; Jer 7:9,10; Jer 22:13-17; Jer 29:23; Eze 22:6-12; Eze 34:20-22; Mic 1:2; Zec 5:3,4; Mal 2:14; Mal 2:17; Mt 23:14-35; Lu 23:40; Ro 3:8; 1Co 6:9,10; Ga 5:19-21; 1Th 4:6; Heb 10:30,31; Heb 13:4; Jas 5:4,12; Jas 5:8,9; Jude 1:14,15; Re 21:8; Re 22:15

¹ 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).

² tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”

³ tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”

⁴ tn Heb “those who turn aside.”

⁵ tn Or “resident foreigner”; NIV “aliens”; NRSV “the alien.”