Malachi 3:9 NIV

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:9

Ye are cursed with a curse - The whole nation is under my displeasure. The curse of God is upon you. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:9

Verse 9 Malachi pursues the same subject; for he answers the Jews in the name of God — that they unjustly complained of his rigour as being immoderate, since they themselves were the cause of all their evils. He says that they were cursed, but he adds that this happened to them deservedly, as though he had said — “Be that granted what you say, (for lamentations were continually made,) why is it that God afflicts us without end or limits?” God seems to grant what they were wont reproachfully to... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:9

Ye have been cursed with the curse - (not “with a curse”). The curse threatened had come upon them: but, as fore-supposed in Leviticus by the repeated burden, “If ye still walk contrary to Me,” they had persevered in evil. God had already shown His displeasure. But they, so far from being amended by it, were the more hardened in their sin. Perhaps as men do, they pleaded their punishment, as a reason why they should not amend. They defrauded God, under false pretences. They were impoverished by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:8-9

Malachi 3:8-9. Will a man rob God Grotius reads, “Would any one dare to rob his judges as ye have robbed me?” the word rendered God sometimes meaning judges or magistrates. Some others render the clause, Is it right that God should be robbed (or defrauded) by man? Here God gives them an answer to their question in the foregoing verse, Wherein shall we return; or, repent and amend? But ye have robbed me Notwithstanding it is so unjust and presumptuous to defraud God, that men in... read more

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:8-9

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