Malachi 3:13

Doubt Praise and worship

¹¹ I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

¹² “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

¹⁵ So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
KJV: Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
WEB: “Your words have been harsh against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
ASV: Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
DARBY: Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
BLB: “Your⁺ words have been strong against Me,” says YHWH. “And you⁺ say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

ÅB: Deres ord har vært sterke mot meg, sier Herren. Og dere sier: Hva har vi sagt oss imellom mot deg?
OTB: "Dine ord har vært sterke mot meg," sier Herren. "Likevel sier dere: 'Hva har vi talt så mye mot deg?'
B1930: Eders ord har vært sterke mot mig, sier Herren. Og I sier: Hvad har vi sagt oss imellem mot dig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
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Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
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Malachi 1:6–8
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
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2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
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2 Chronicles 32:14–19
Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
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Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
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Job 34:7–8
What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
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