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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 3:11

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:11

I wilt rebuke the devourer - The locusts, etc., shall not come on your crops; and those that are in the country I will disperse and destroy. Neither shall your vine cast her fruit - Every blossom shall bear fruit, and every bunch of grapes come to maturity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:12

All nations shall call you blessed - They shall see that a peculiar blessing of God rests upon you, and your land shall be delightsome; like Paradise, the garden of the Lord. 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 3:7-12

§ 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 3:11

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

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:12

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:11

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