“For [a]I, the Lord, (A)do not change; therefore you, the sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.

“From the (B)days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. (C)Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

You Have Robbed God

“Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In (D)tithes and [b]offerings. You are (E)cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the entire nation of you! 10 (F)Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and put Me to the test now in this,” says the Lord of armies, “if I do not (G)open for you the windows of heaven and (H)pour out for you a blessing until [c](I)it overflows. 11 Then I will rebuke the (J)devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground; nor will the vine in the field prove fruitless to you,” says the Lord of armies. 12 (K)All the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a (L)delightful land,” says the Lord of armies.

13 “Your words have been [d]arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:6 Or I am the Lord; I do not
  2. Malachi 3:8 Or contributions
  3. Malachi 3:10 Or there is not room enough
  4. Malachi 3:13 Lit strong

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