Malachi

⁵“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all. ⁶“Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished. ⁷From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’ ⁸Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions! ⁹You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty. ¹⁰“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the Lord who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all. ¹¹Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest,” says the Lord who rules over all.