マラキ書 3:8 JCB

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:7-12

Malachi 3:7-2 Kings : . Tithes and the Divine Blessing.— The people cannot hope to win God’ s favour so long as they Withhold God’ s dues. When the tithes ( Deuteronomy 12:17 f; Deuteronomy 14:22-Joel : *, Numbers 18:21-Jonah : *, Leviticus 27:30-Micah : *; see p. 99— Malachi presupposes the stricter legislation of P as represented in the two latter passages) are paid in full to the Temple treasury, the curse of locusts (the devourer, Malachi 3:11) and drought shall be removed, and showers... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? among the many deviations from God’s law (which they do not, because they will not, see) the prophet chargeth them with this kind of sacrilegious theft; they had detained his tithes, shortened him in that portion which he had reserved to himself and for his service, which is, as our version expresseth it, a robbing of God. And as the words lie in the original, they do, by arguing from the less to the greater, aggravate this sin; as they may be read, Will a man rob a great... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Malachi 3:6-12

CRITICAL NOTES.Malachi 3:6. I Jehovah] am unchangeable in gifts and calling, therefore sons of Jacob] (contrasted with Jehovah) will not be destroyed. “The Divine immutability secured the preservation of the Jewish people from destruction, not withstanding their flagrant wickedness, till he had accomplished all his purposes of mercy” [Henderson]. Malachi 3:7.] Reproof for non-payment of tithes, which was the cause of national calamities. Wherein] In what respect return? indicates a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Malachi 3:8 I. (1) Heaven is not the only domain of God's vast property. All here on earth belongs to Him as well. If all belongs to God, then comes in the liability to commit robbery against Him. For, it may be, that there shall be no general habitual sense and acknowledgment of His sovereign claims; no feeling that all does so belong. This is the comprehensive spirit and principle of the wrong toward Him, and will go into many special forms; this state of mind is a general refusal to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Malachi 3:8

DISCOURSE: 1274SIN A ROBBERY OF GODMalachi 3:8. Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me.FIDELITY in Ministers, how unacceptable soever it may be to their hearers, is their indispensable duty. Accordingly, we find all the prophets, and all the Apostles, distinguished for it, notwithstanding they exercised it at the peril of their lives. And God’s word to all his servants is, “He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully.” True it is, that in the execution of this duty we may be... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:1-18

Chapter 3Now the promise of the coming of John the Baptist as the forerunner to Jesus Christ.Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like the fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:1-18

Malachi 3:1 . Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. John the baptist, as our Saviour himself expounds this passage. Matthew 11:7-18. The Lord whom ye seek, and for whom ye wait, as the Desire of all nations, shall suddenly come to his temple. Here a flood of light broke in upon the prophet’s mind. “He saw the Lord always before him,” even the brightness of the Father’s glory. He saw that the jewish state and temple would subsist for more than four hundred... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Mal 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ver. 8. Will a man rob God? ] Adam pillage Elohim? frail weak man seek to supplant (so the Septuagint render it) the great and mighty God? Giant-like boldness! Cacus met with his match when he robbed Hercules. Mercury, say the poets, had a mind to steal Jupiter’s thunderbolts, but dared not meddle, lest he should punish as Prometheus for stealing fire; or lest they should burn... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Malachi 3:8

a man: Psalms 29:2, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Matthew 22:21, Mark 12:17, Luke 20:25, Romans 13:7 In: Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:13, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 27:2-Nahum :, Numbers 18:21-Jonah :, Joshua 7:11, Nehemiah 13:4-2 Chronicles :, Romans 2:22 Reciprocal: Genesis 14:20 - tithes Leviticus 5:19 - trespassed Leviticus 19:25 - General Leviticus 27:30 - General Numbers 5:9 - offering Numbers 18:24 - General Deuteronomy 12:6 - tithes 2 Chronicles 31:4 - the portion Nehemiah... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:8-11

8. The reply is in the form of a question. Will a man rob God? A better translation of the first two clauses would be, “Will a man rob God, that you rob me?” (Compare Amos 6:12.) A question of astonishment that anyone should think of such a preposterous thing; and yet they have done it and are still doing it. The verb is unquestionably used in the sense of “defraud” they do not pay their just dues; but there seems to be insufficient reason for substituting a different verb in Hebrew. Again... read more