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Malachi 3:5 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Malachi 3:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Malachi chapter 3 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. oppress: or, defraud”
Malachi 3:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.After promising purified worship (v. 4), God announces judgment on specific sins. The phrase I will come near to you (וְקָרַבְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶם, veqaravti aleikhem) uses courtroom language—God approaches as judge and prosecutor. A swift witness (עֵד מְמַהֵר, ed mehaher) emph...
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Cross-References for Malachi 3:5
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“for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
“and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
“the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields”
“fatherless”
“'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth”
“which are: adultery”
“the sorcerers”
“nor idolaters”
“unbelieving”