Malachi 3:5-18

5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the 1sorcerers and against the 2adulterers and against those who 3swear falsely, and against those who oppress the 4wage earner in his wages, the 5widow and the 6orphan, and those who turn aside the 78alien and do not 9fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts. 6“For 10I, the Lord, 11do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, 12are not consumed.

7“From the 13days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. 14Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

8“Will a man 15rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In 16tithes and 17offerings. 9You are 18cursed with a curse, for you are 19robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 1020Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be 21food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not 22open for you the windows of heaven and 23pour out for you a blessing until 2425it overflows. 11Then I will rebuke the 26devourer for you, so that it will not 27destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts. 12“28All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a 29delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.

13“Your words have been 30arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 14You have said, ‘It is 31vain to serve God; and what 32profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15So now we 33call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and 34escape.’”

16Then those who 35feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord 36gave attention and heard it, and a 37book of remembrance was written before Him for those who 38fear the Lord and who esteem His name. 17“They will be 39Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the 40day that I 41prepare My 4243own possession, and I will 44spare them as a man 4546spares his own son who serves him.” 18So you will again 47distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.