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

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (B)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (C)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (D)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Robbing God

“For (E)I the Lord do not change; (F)therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

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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.

Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes

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

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