Malachi 3:9 - Exposition

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 brought," etc.