Malachi 3:9-12 KJV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:10

Verse 10 He at length declares that they profited nothing by contending with God, but that a better way was open to them, that is, to return into favor with him. After having then repelled their unjust accusations, he again points out the remedy which he had already referred to — that if they dealt faithfully with God, he would be bountiful to them, and that his blessing would be promptly extended to them. This is the sum of the passage. They had been sufficiently proved guilty of rapacity in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:11

Verse 11 God now again confirms the truth, that he would not in one way only be bountiful to them. He might indeed distribute to us daily our food, as we know that he thus fed his people in the wilderness; but his will is that the seed should rot in the earth, that it should then germinate, and in course of time grow, until it shoots into ears of corn; but it is still in no small danger, nay the corn is subject to many evils before it be gathered into the garner; for the locusts, the worms, the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:12

Verse 12 This verse is taken from the law, in which among other things God promises so happy a state to his chosen people, that the nations themselves would acknowledge in them the blessing of God. There is yet a contrast to be understood, — that having fallen into such misery, they were become as it were detestable to all nations, according to what the law also declares concerning them, “If thou shalt keep my precepts, all nations shall call thee blessed; but if thou wilt despise me, thou... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

The sin of robbing God. The special form of sin which is hare denounced (robbing God of tithes and offerings) is only one manifestation of a sin which is older than the law of tithes, and which survives in all nations to the present day. Observe— I. THE NATURE OF THIS SIN . It is an ancient and an inveterate sin. The secret of it is alienation of heart from God ( Malachi 3:7 ). It is due to God, our Creator, Benefactor, Redeemer, that we make his will the law of our life,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

§ 2. God indeed is faithful to his promises, but the people's own conduct has occasioned the withholding of favours: they have been shamefully negligent in the matter of tithes and offerings; let them amend their practice, and they shall be blessed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

A Divine complaint and a Divine invitation. "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances," etc. In these words we have two things—a Divine complaint and a Divine invitation; and both are addressed to sinners. Notice— I. A DIVINE COMPLAINT AGAINST SINNERS . The complaint involves three charges. 1 . The charge of apostasy. "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances." Your fathers who brought on themselves the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:9

Ye are cursed with a ( the ) curse . The effect of the curse was scarcity and barrenness, as we see from Malachi 3:10-12 (comp. Malachi 2:2 ; Haggai 1:6 ). The Vulgate assumes the result: In penuria vos maledicti estis. The next clause given the reason of the curse. This whole nation . Not individuals only, but the whole nation (he does not any longer call them God's people) were implicated in this sin. The LXX ; reading differently, has, "The year is ended, and ye have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

All the tithes; the whole tithe— not merely a portion of it. God is not served with partial service. The storehouse . The tithes were brought to the temple, and laid up in the chambers built to receive them (see Nehemiah 10:38 , Nehemiah 10:39 ; Nehemiah 13:5 , Nehemiah 13:12 , Nehemiah 13:13 ; 2 Chronicles 31:11 , 2 Chronicles 31:12 ). That there may be meat in mine house. That they who minister about holy things may live of the things of the temple ( 1 Corinthians 9:13... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

Recognition of practical penitence. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse" All must include those which ought to have been brought and had not. It was the paying up of old debts which would show the practical and sincere character of the penitence. Sin brings its own punishment. God will treat us relatively to our treatment of him. He recompensed this restored nation of Israel according to their doings. He blighted their fields and blemished their flocks, so that the]and groaned... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:11

The devourer. The locust (see Introduction to Joel, § 1.). God would not only give a fruitful season, so that the crops sprang up well, but would guard them from everything that could injure them before they were gathered in. Septuagint, διαστελῶ ὑμῖν εἰς βρῶσιν , which perhaps means, as Schleusner thinks, "I will give a charge unto consumption for your good," though Jerome renders, "dividam vobis cibos." read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:11

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

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