5  And I will come near to you to judgment;

And tI will be a swift uwitness

Against vthe sorcerers, and against twthe adulterers, and against xfalse swearers,

And against ythose that ||zoppress the hireling in his wages,

aThe widow, and athe fatherless,

And bthat turn aside acthe stranger from his right, and fear not me,

Saith the Lord of hosts.

6  For I am the Lord, dI change not;

eTherefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7  fEven from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them.

gReturn unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

hBut ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8  Will a man irob God? Yet ye have irobbed me.

hBut ye say, Wherein have we irobbed thee?

In ktithes and lofferings.

9  Ye are cursed with ma curse: for ye have irobbed me,

Even this whole nation.

10  nBring ye all the tithes into pthe storehouse,

That there may be qmeat in mine house,

And rprove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts,

If I will not sopen you the windows of heaven,

And †pour you out ta blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11  And I will rebuke uthe devourer for your sakes,

And he shall not †destroy the fruits of your ground;

Neither vshall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12  And wall nations shall call you blessed:

For ye shall be xa delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.