I will come near to you to judgment. 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.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Judgment. He has answered (verse 1, 2) the complaint of the Jews. Calmet. 2:17. Bible.—This he does here ( Menochius.) more pointedly. Bible.—Christ condemned the world, as his spirit did likewise. John 16:8. He made an example of Jerusalem, which shewed that he would not leave crimes unpunished. We may also understand this of his last coming. Calmet.—God threatens to punish even secret sins, which are know to him alone. Worthington.