Malachi 3:8–15

Do Not Rob God

⁸“Will a man rob God?

Yet you have robbed Me!

But you say,

‘In what way have we robbed You?’

^sIn tithes and offerings.

⁹You are cursed with a curse,

For you have robbed Me,

Even this whole nation.

^10tBring all the tithes into the ^ustorehouse,

That there may be food in My house,

And try Me now in this,”

Says the Lord of hosts,

“If I will not open for you the ^vwindows of heaven

And ^wpour out for you such blessing

That there will not be room enough to receive it.

¹¹“And I will rebuke ^xthe devourer for your sakes,

So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,

Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”

Says the Lord of hosts;

¹²And all nations will call you blessed,

For you will be ^ya delightful land,”

Says the Lord of hosts.

The People Complain Harshly

¹³“Your ^zwords have been ³harsh against Me,”

Says the Lord,

Yet you say,

‘What have we spoken against You?’

^14aYou have said,

‘It is useless to serve God;

What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,

And that we have walked as mourners

Before the Lord of hosts?

¹⁵So now ^bwe call the proud blessed,

For those who do wickedness are ⁴raised up;

They even ^ctempt God and go free.’ ”