I will (A)make it go forth,” declares the Lord of armies, “and it will (B)enter the house of the (C)thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and (D)destroy it with its timber and stones.”

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The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(A) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(B)’”

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“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the (A)sorcerers, the (B)adulterers, against those who (C)swear falsely, those who [a]oppress the (D)wage earner in his wages or the (E)widow or the [b]orphan, and those who turn away the (F)stranger from justice and do not [c]fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:5 Or exploit
  2. Malachi 3:5 Or fatherless
  3. Malachi 3:5 Or revere

“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.

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