Malachi 3:8–15

⁸“Will a mere mortal rob^d God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes^e and offerings. ⁹You are under a curse^f—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. ¹⁰Bring the whole tithe^g into the storehouse,^h that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgatesⁱ of heaven and pour out^j so much blessing^k that there will not be room enough to store it.^{l 11}I will prevent pests from devouring^m your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,ⁿ” says the Lord Almighty. ¹²“Then all the nations will call you blessed,^o for yours will be a delightful land,”^p says the Lord Almighty.^q

Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God

¹³“You have spoken arrogantly^r against me,” says the Lord.

“Yet you ask,^s ‘What have we said against you?’

¹⁴“You have said, ‘It is futile^t to serve^u God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements^v and going about like mourners^w before the Lord Almighty? ¹⁵But now we call the arrogant^x blessed. Certainly evildoers^y prosper,^z and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’ ”