Malachi 3:6-12
Christian Standard Bible
6 “Because I, the Lord, have not changed,(A) you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.[a](B)
Robbing God
7 “Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them.(C) Return to me,(D) and I will return to you,”(E) says the Lord of Armies.
Yet you ask, “How can we return?”
8 “Will a man rob(F) God? Yet you are robbing me!”
“How do we rob you?” you ask.
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.(G) 9 You are suffering under a curse, yet[b] you—the whole nation—are still robbing me. 10 Bring the full tenth into the storehouse(H) so that there may be food in my house.(I) Test me in this way,”(J) says the Lord of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven(K) and pour out a blessing for you without measure.(L) 11 I will rebuke the devourer[c](M) for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the Lord of Armies. 12 “Then all the nations will consider you fortunate, for you will be a delightful land,” says the Lord of Armies.
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Malachi 3:6-12
International Standard Version
6 “Because I the Lord don’t change; therefore you children of Jacob aren’t destroyed.”
God’s Sixth Complaint: Against His People—Gifts and Offerings
7 “Ever since the time of your ancestors, you have turned away from my decrees and haven’t kept them. Return to me and I’ll return to you,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. “But you ask, ‘How will we return?’ 8 “Will a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “By the tithe and the offering. 9 You are cursed under the curse—the entire nation—because you are robbing me!
10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. So put me to the test in this right now,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “and see if I won’t throw open the windows[a] of heaven for you and pour out on you blessing without measure. 11 And I’ll prevent the devourer from harming you,[b] so that he does not destroy the crops of your land. Nor will the vines in your fields drop their fruit,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
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- Malachi 3:10 Or floodgates
- Malachi 3:11 Lit. I’ll rebuke the devourer from you
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