Malachi 3:6-12
1599 Geneva Bible
6 For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sons of Jacob [a]are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them: [b]return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts: but ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a [c]man spoil his gods? yet have ye spoiled me: but ye say, Wherein have we spoiled thee? In [d]tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have spoiled me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven unto you, and pour you out a blessing [e]without measure.
11 And I will rebuke the [f]devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruit of your ground, neither shall your vine be barren in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a pleasant land, saith the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 3:6 They murmured against God, because they saw not his help ever present to defend them: and therefore he accuseth them of ingratitude, and showeth that in that they are not daily consumed, it is a token, that he doth still defend them, and so his mercy toward them never changeth.
- Malachi 3:7 Read Zech. 1:3.
- Malachi 3:8 There are none of the heathen so barbarous, that will defraud their gods of their honor, or deal deceitfully with them.
- Malachi 3:8 Whereby the service of God should have been maintained, and the Priests and the poor relieved.
- Malachi 3:10 Not having respect how much ye need, but I will give you in all abundance: so that ye shall lack place to put my blessings in.
- Malachi 3:11 Meaning, the caterpillar, and whatsoever destroyeth corn and fruits.
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