Malachi 3:8–15

⁸Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. ^xBut you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ ^yIn your tithes and contributions. ^9zYou are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. ^10aBring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby ^bput me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open ^cthe windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. ¹¹I will rebuke ^dthe devourer² for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. ¹²Then ^eall nations will call you blessed, for you will be ^fa land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

^13g“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. ^hBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ ¹⁴You have said, ⁱ‘It is vain to serve God. ^jWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? ¹⁵And now we call ^kthe arrogant blessed. ^kEvildoers not only prosper but ^lthey put God to the test and they escape.’ ”