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Malachi 3:5

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I will come near to you to judgement. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.

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In context

The verses immediately either side, within Malachi 3.

Before

4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to the LORD as in the days of old and as in ancient years.

Malachi 3:5

I will come near to you to judgement. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.

After

6“For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

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