Malachi 3:10

Malachi 3:10

Do Not Rob God

8 “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
^aIn tithes and offerings.

9 You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.

10 ^aBring all the tithes into the ^bstorehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the ^cwindows of heaven
And ^dpour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 “And I will rebuke ^athe devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;

12 “And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be ^aa delightful land,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

The People Complain Harshly

13 “Your^a words have been harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’

14 ^aYou have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Bring ye - Make a punctual and full payment of all tithes; about this did Nehemiah contend with the rulers, and made them comply, and then all Judah obeyed and did the like, Nehemiah 13:10-13. To the store - house - This was one or more large rooms, built on purpose for this use. That there may be meat - For the priests and Levites to live upon. Prove me - Make the experiment. The windows of heaven - A kind of proverbial speech, to express great abundance. A blessing - First of rain to water the earth, next a blessing of corn, wine and oil, and all other products of the earth.

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