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.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will come near to you to judgment,.... And so will manifestly appear to be the God of judgment they asked after, Mal 2:17 this is not to be understood of Christ's coming to judgment at the last…
Barnes' Notes
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 come to judgment, which they had desired, but far other than they…
The first words of this chapter seem a direct answer to the profane atheistical demand of the scoffers of those days which closed the foregoing chapter: Where is the God of judgment? To which it is…
Cambridge Bible
to judgment This is the answer to the challenge of the people at large, "Where is the God of judgment?" The "messenger" shall be sent. The Lord of the temple shall suddenly follow him (Mal 3:3). His…
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