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Malachi 3:9

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7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

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.

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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.

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BSB
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
KJV
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
WEB
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
ASV
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
DARBY
Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, [even] this whole nation.
BLB
With a curse you⁺ are cursed, and you⁺ are robbing Me—the nation—all of it.
ÅB
Forbannelsen har rammet dere, og fra meg raner dere, ja hele folket.
OTB
Dere er under en forbannelse, for dere har ranet fra meg, ja, hele dette folket.
B1930
Forbannelsen har rammet eder, og fra mig raner I, ja hele folket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:15–19

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

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  • Malachi 2:2

    If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

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  • Haggai 2:14–17

    Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

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  • Haggai 1:6–11

    Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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  • Joshua 22:20

    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

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  • Isaiah 43:28

    Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

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  • Joshua 7:12–13

    Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

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