Malachi 3:12
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- KJV
- And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
- WEB
- “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the LORD of Armies.
- ASV
- And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- DARBY
- And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- BLB
- “And all the nations will call you⁺ blessed, for you⁺ will be a land of delight,” says YHWH of Hosts.
- ÅB
- Og alle folkene skal prise dere lykkelige; for da skal deres land være et herlig land, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
- OTB
- "Og alle folkeslag skal kalle dere velsignet, for dere skal være et herlig land," sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
- B1930
- Og alle folkene skal prise eder lykkelige; for da skal eders land være et herlig land, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 61:9
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
Read in contextIsaiah 62:4
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Read in contextZechariah 8:23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
Read in contextLuke 1:48
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:9
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:7–10
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:12
A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:23
And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
Read in context