Malachi 3:9
Ye are cursed with the curse, for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
In Context
8Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Cross References
Joshua 7:12Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies because they have become accursed. I will not be with you any more unless ye destroy what was set apart from among you.
Isaiah 43:28Therefore I will profane the rulers of the sanctuary, and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.
Haggai 2:14Then Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, says LORD, and so is every work of their hands. And that which they offer there is unclean.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:8-13
The Sins of the People; Encouragements to Repentance. ( b. c. 400.) 7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that… Read the whole commentary →