Malachi 3:5-7

New King James Version

⁵And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
^(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who ^(B)exploit wage earners and ^(C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

⁶“For I am the Lord, ^(D)I do not change;
^(E)Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
⁷Yet from the days of ^(F)your fathers
You have gone away from My ordinances
And have not kept them.
^(G)Return to Me, and I will return to you,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
^(H)“But you said,
‘In what way shall we return?’

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Malachi 3:5-7

New International Version

⁵“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,^(A) adulterers^(B) and perjurers,^(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,^(D) who oppress the widows^(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners^(F) among you of justice, but do not fear^(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes

⁶“I the Lord do not change.^(H) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.^(I) ⁷Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away^(J) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return^(K) to me, and I will return to you,”^(L) says the Lord Almighty.