“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.^au ⁹You are suffering under a curse, yet^E you—the whole nation—are still robbing me. ¹⁰Bring the full tenth into the storehouse^av so that there may be food in my house.^aw Test me in this way,”^ax says the Lord of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven^ay and pour out a blessing for you without measure.^az ¹¹I will rebuke the devourer^L^ba for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the Lord of Armies. ¹²“Then all the nations will consider you fortunate, for you will be a delightful land,” says the Lord of Armies.

THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED

¹³“Your words against me are harsh,”^a says the Lord.

Yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?”

¹⁴You have said, “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements^b and walking mournfully^c before the Lord of Armies? ¹⁵So now we consider the arrogant^d to be fortunate.^e Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God^f and escape.”^g

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Footnotes

EOr because
LPerhaps locusts

Cross references

at Pr 22:22–23
au Lv 7:14,32–33; 27:30–32; Nm 18:8–24; Dt 12:5–19; 14:22–29; 26:12
av Jos 6:19,24; 1Kg 7:51
aw 2Ch 31:4–10; Neh 10:34–39; Ezk 44:28–31
ax Ex 4:1–9; Jdg 6:36–40
ay Gn 7:11; 8:2; Dt 11:16–17
az Dt 28:12; Is 41:18–20; Jl 2:18–32; Am 9:13–15
ba Jl 1:4; 2:25
a Ps 119:23; Ezk 35:13
b Lv 8:35; Dt 11:1
c Ps 35:14; 38:6
d Ps 119:21,85; Is 13:11; Jr 43:2
e Gn 30:13; Ps 72:17; Pr 31:28
f Ps 78:18,41,56; 95:9
g Ezk 17:15