Malachi 3:8–15

⁸Will a human dare to rob God? Yet you are robbing me! And you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In the tithes and the contributions! ⁹You are being cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you! ¹⁰Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse,ⁿ so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you an overflowing blessing.^{o 11}I will rebuke the devourer^p for you; it will not destroy the fruit of your soil; your vine in the field will not be unfruitful,” says Yahweh of hosts. ¹²“And all the nations will call you blessed, because you will be a land in which one takes joy,”^q says Yahweh of hosts. ¹³“Your words have been harsh^r against me,” says Yahweh. “But you say, ‘How have we spoken together against you?’ ¹⁴You have said, ‘It is useless^s to serve God! What is the gain if we keep^t his requirements, and if we walk as mourners before^u Yahweh of hosts? ¹⁵And now we are calling the arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!’ ”