“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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And I will come near to you to judgment - They had clamored for the coming of “the God of judgment”; God assures them that He will …

REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:18).

See how hard taskmasters are put, by divine inspiration, with sorcerers, adulterers, and false swearers. They do not think badly of themselves, but…

Here the Prophet retorts the complaints which the Jews had previously made. There is then a counter-movement when he says, I will draw near to …

And I will come near to you to judgment
And so will manifestly appear to be the God of judgment they asked after, ([…

The first words of this chapter seem to be an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is …
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