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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:12

Shall call you blessed; or, happy, as Malachi 3:15 (comp. Deuteronomy 33:29 ; Zechariah 8:13 , Zechariah 8:23 ). A delightsome land; γῆ θελητή ; literally, a land of good pleasure— a land in which God is well pleased (comp. Isaiah 62:4 ; Jeremiah 3:19 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13

Your words have been stout against me. Ye have spoken hard words of me (comp. Jud 1:15, where we read of "the hard speeches ( σκληρῶν ) which ungodly sinners have spoken against" God). Some specimens of these speeches are given in answer to the usual sceptical inquiry. They are of the same character as those in Malachi 2:17 , and imply that the course of this world is not directed by a moral Governor. What have we spoken so much ( together ) against thee! What have we said against... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13-14

Religion delineated and depreciated. "Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord," etc. In these words we have religion delineated and depreciated. I. PRACTICAL RELIGION DELINEATED . Three expressions are here used to represent it. 1 . To serve God. "Ye have said, It is vain to serve God." There is a great difference between serving God and serving man. 2 . To keep God ' s ordinances. "We have kept his ordinance." This is only a branch of the service,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13-18

§ 3. The impious murmuring of the people is contrasted with the conduct of those who fear God; and the reward of the pious is set forth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13-18

Hard speeches against God. Once more God has to bring a charge against his people ( Malachi 3:13 ). Their words were "stout," bold, loud, defiant. Reverence and reticence were both wanting. Once more the plea is entered, "Not guilty." They will not admit that God is justified when he speaketh and clear when he judgeth. So once more God has to unfold the evidence, that their mouths may be stopped and they may be found guilty before God. I. HARD SPEECHES AGAINST GOD . 1 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:14

It is vain. It brings no acknowledgment or reward. The Latin and Greek Versions have, "He is vain who serveth God." Have kept his ordinance ( charge ) . Have done what he ordered. They are either wilfully deceiving themselves and others by pretending an obedience which they never really paid; or they think that the outward observance of certain legal requirements is all that is required. Some think that an interval of time separates this from the last section, and that meanwhile they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:14-15

Doubt of profit in serving God. "It is vain to serve God.'" The Prophet Zephaniah is more severe. "It shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil" ( Zephaniah 1:12 ). "The prophet condescends to identify himself with those whom he reproves. 'We call the proud happy; yea, we say, they that work wickedness are set up. Therefore it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:15

We call the proud happy. This is still the speech of the murmurers. We, they say, do not reckon the humble and meek blessed; we consider that the only blessed ones are the arrogant heathen, or free thinkers, who meet with prosperity and happiness in this world. For the "proud," the LXX . has, ἀλλοτρίους , "strangers," which, doubtless, gives the meaning (comp. Isaiah 13:11 ). Are set up; literally, are built up— have wealth and families, and leave a name behind them ( Psalms... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:7

Even from the days of your fathers - Back to those days and from them ye are gone away from My ordinances. “I am not changed from good; ye are not changed from evil. I am unchangeable in holiness; ye are unchangeable in perversity.”Return unto Me - The beginning of our return is from the preventing grace of God. Jeremiah 31:18; Lamentations 5:21, “turn Thou me, and I shall be turned, for Thou art the Lord my God,” is the voice of the soul to God, preparing for His grace; Psalms 85:4, “turn us,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:8

Shall a man rob or cheat - , defraud God? God answers question by question, but thereby drives it home to the sinner’s soul, and appeals to his conscience. The conscience is steeled, and answers again, “In what?” God specifies two things only, obvious, patent, which, as being material things, they could not deny. “In tithes and offerings.” The offerings included several classes of dues to God:(a) the first fruits ;(b) the annual half-shekel Exodus 30:13-15;(c) the offerings made for the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:13-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:8

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