וְקָרַבְתִּ֣י אֲלֵיכֶם֮ לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒ וְהָיִ֣יתִי ׀ עֵ֣ד מְמַהֵ֗ר בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י שְׂכַר־שָׂ֠כִיר אַלְמָנָ֨ה וְיָת֤וֹם וּמַטֵּי־גֵר֙ וְלֹ֣א יְרֵא֔וּנִי אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃
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Tze'enah Ure'enah
“I will draw near to you for judgment” [3:5]. The Holy One said: I will have a judgment with Israel and those that have accepted their judgment in this world, it is good. However, those who did not accept their judgment in this world, I will judge them in the next world.1Radak, Malachi, 3:5.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
The Talmud states in [tractate] Hagigah. Rabbi Johanan wept when they came to this verse. He said: a servant whose master brings him to judgment or a court, how will he succeed against his master, when his master testifies against his servant? So here too, the Holy One says, “I will be swift to bear witness” [3:5]. I will be a witness and testify against Israel about the sins that Israel committed. Rabbi Levi said: each person who did not give justice to a stranger, a widow or an orphan, it is as if he had not given justice to the Holy One. It is written here, “who subvert the stranger” [3:5]. That is to say, the one who does not judge the poor justly, this is as if he would not judge Me justly.2B. Hagigah, 5a.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers and the adulterers” [3:5]. The Holy One said: I am a witness to quickly testify against those who pursue sorcery and adultery, those who steal from widows and orphans, and they do not see Me. Thus says the Lord.