6 “For I am the Lord, ^aI do not change;
^bTherefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. ‡

7 Yet from the days of ^ayour fathers
You have gone away from My ordinances
And have not kept them.
^bReturn to Me, and I will return to you,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
^c“But you said,
‘In what way shall we return?’ ‡

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; ‡