Malachi 3:5–8

5 “I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident alien.am They do not fear me,”an says the Lord of Armies. 6 “Because I, the Lord, have not changed,ao you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.D,ap

ROBBING GOD

7 “Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them.aq Return to me,ar and I will return to you,”as says the Lord of Armies.

Yet you ask, “How can we return?”

8 “Will a man robat God? Yet you are robbing me!”

“How do we rob you?” you ask.

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.au

am	Ex 20:14 Ex 20:16 Ex 22:18–24 Dt 18:10 Dt 24:14 Dt 24:17 Je 5:2 Je 5:7 Je 7:6 Je 7:9
an	Dt 10:17–20 Mal 2:5
ao	Nu 23:19 1 Sa 15:29 Ps 33:11 Ps 119:89–91 Ro 11:29 Heb 6:17–18 Jas 1:17
D	Or Because I, the Lord, do not change, you descendants of Jacob are not destroyed
ap	Ps 124 Ho 11:9
aq	Jos 1:7 Jos 23:6 1 Ki 8:58 2 Ki 17:15 Ezr 9:7 Am 2:4 Mal 2:8
ar	Dt 4:30 Dt 30:2 2 Ch 30:6 2 Ch 30:9 Is 55:7 Joe 2:13 Zec 1:3
as	1 Ki 8:33 Je 15:19 Je 24:7
at	Pr 22:22–23
au	Le 7:14 Le 7:32–33 Le 27:30–32 Nu 18:8–24 Dt 12:5–19 Dt 14:22–29 Dt 26:12