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
Common English Bible
6 I am the Lord, and I do not change;
and you, children of Jacob, have not perished.
Return to the Lord
7 Ever since the time of your ancestors,
you have deviated from my laws
and have not kept them.
Return to me and I will return to you,
says the Lord of heavenly forces.
But you say,
“How should we return?”
8 Should a person deceive God?
Yet you deceive me.
But you say,
“How have we deceived you?”
With your tenth-part gifts and offerings.
9 You are being cursed with a curse,
and you, the entire nation, are robbing me.
10 Bring the whole tenth-part to the storage house so there might be food in my house.
Please test me in this,
says the Lord of heavenly forces.
See whether I do not open all the windows of the heavens for you
and empty out a blessing until there is enough.[a]
11 I will threaten the one who wants to devour you
so that it doesn’t spoil the fruit of your fertile land,
and so that the vine doesn’t abort its fruit in your field,
says the Lord of heavenly forces.
12 All the nations will consider you fortunate,
for you will be a desirable land,
says the Lord of heavenly forces.
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:10 Or Until what is required is lacking.
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