Malachi 3:6-12
Legacy Standard Bible
6 “For [a]I, Yahweh, (A)do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, [b]are not consumed.
You Have Robbed God
7 “From the (B)days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. (C)Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 “Will a man [c]rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In (D)tithes and [d]contributions. 9 You are (E)cursed with a curse, for you are [e]robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 (F)Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be [f]food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not (G)open for you the windows of heaven and (H)empty out for you a blessing until [g](I)it is beyond enough. 11 Then I will rebuke the (J)devourer for you so that it will not corrupt the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field [h]fail to bear,” says Yahweh of hosts. 12 “(K)So all the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a (L)delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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- Malachi 3:6 Or I am Yahweh; I do not
- Malachi 3:6 Or have not come to an end
- Malachi 3:8 Or defraud
- Malachi 3:8 Or heave offerings
- Malachi 3:9 Or defrauding
- Malachi 3:10 Lit prey
- Malachi 3:10 Or there is not room enough
- Malachi 3:11 Lit be bereaved
Malachi 3:6-12
New International Version
Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes
6 “I the Lord do not change.(A) So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.(B) 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away(C) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return(D) to me, and I will return to you,”(E) says the Lord Almighty.
“But you ask,(F) ‘How are we to return?’
8 “Will a mere mortal rob(G) God? Yet you rob me.
“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes(H) and offerings. 9 You are under a curse(I)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe(J) into the storehouse,(K) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(L) of heaven and pour out(M) so much blessing(N) that there will not be room enough to store it.(O) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(P) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(Q)” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed,(R) for yours will be a delightful land,”(S) says the Lord Almighty.(T)
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