Malachi 3:7-18 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

We have here God's controversy with the men of that generation, for deserting his service and robbing him?wicked servants indeed, that not only run away from their Master, but run away with their Master's goods. I. They had run away from their Master, and quitted the work he gave them to do (Mal. 3:7): You have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them. The ordinances of God's worship were the business which as servants they must mind, the talents which they must trade with, and the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:13-18

Among the people of the Jews at this time, though they all enjoyed the same privileges and advantages, there were men of very different characters (as ever were, and ever will be, in the world and in the church), like Jeremiah's figs, some very good and others very bad, some that plainly appeared to be the children of God and others that as plainly discovered themselves to be the children of the wicked one. There are tares and wheat in the same field, chaff and corn in the same floor; and here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:7

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances ,.... Here begins an enumeration of the sins of the Jews, which were the cause of their ruin; and here is first a general charge of apostasy from the statutes and ordinances of the law, which they made void by the traditions of the fathers; and therefore this word is used as referring to this evil, as well as to express their early, long, and continued departure from the ways of God; which as it was an aggravation of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God ?.... Or "the gods"; the false gods, the idols of the Gentiles; the Heathens will not do that, accounting sacrilege a great sin, and yet this the Jews were guilty of: or "the judges" F3 אלהים "deos, vel judices", Calvin, Drusius, Grotius. , as the Targum; civil magistrates; will any dare to defraud them of their due? see Malachi 1:8 . Yet ye have robbed me ; keeping back from the priests and Levites, his ministers, what was due to them; and which, being no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:9

Ye are cursed with a curse ,.... Or "with penury", as the Vulgate Latin version; which, though not a proper rendering of the word, is the meaning of the curse they were cursed with; rain was withheld from them for their sins, and the earth did not bring forth its usual increase; wherefore there was want of food in all their land; their blessings were cursed, as in Malachi 2:2 for the following reason, for ye have robbed me ; because of this their iniquity, in not bringing their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:10

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse ,.... Or "treasury" F5 אל בית האוצר "thesaurum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; " vel in domum thesauri", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Burkius. ; for there were places in the temple where the tithe was put, and from thence distributed to the priests and Levites, for the support of their families, as they wanted. There were the tithe or tenth part of all eatable things paid to the Levites, and out of this another tithe was paid by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:11

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes ,.... Or "eater" F13 באכל "comedentem", Drusius, Cocceius; "eum qui comedit", Burkius. ; the locust or caterpillar, or any such devouring creature, that eats up the herbage, corn, and fruits of trees; every such creature is under the restraint of Providence; and by a nod, a rebuke, they are easily prevented doing the mischief they otherwise would; these are the Lord's great army, which he can send and call off as he pleases, Joel 1:4 , ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:12

And all nations shall call you blessed ,.... When they shall see the land freed from the devouring locust, and other hurtful creatures; the former and the latter rains given in their season, and the earth yielding a large increase: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts ; or a desirable F14 ארץ חפץ "terra desiderabilis", V. L. Pagninus, Drusius; "terra beneplaciti", Montanus, Vatablus, Burkius; "oblectationis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. one; not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:13

Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord ,.... Hard and strong; they bore very hardly upon him, were exceeding impudent and insolent; murmuring at his providence; arraigning his justice and goodness; and despising his word, worship, and ordinances. Aben Ezra says, this is a prophecy concerning the time to come, that is, the times of the Messiah; and so it describes the Jews in his times. Yet ye say, what have we spoken so much against thee ? or "what have we spoken against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:14

Ye have said, it is vain to serve God ,.... This they said in their hearts, if not with their lips, that it was a vain thing for a man to serve God; he got nothing by it; he had no reward for it; it fared no better with him than the wicked; nay, the wicked fared better than he; and therefore who would be a worshipper of God? see Job 21:15 . Abarbinel understands this also with respect to God, who is worshipped; to whom worship, say these men, is no ways profitable, nor does he regard it;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:13-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:14

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