Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, “It is a vain thing to serve God”; And, “What profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, And that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Your words have been bold against me, saith Jehovah; Yet ye say, “What have we spoken against thee?”
Cross References
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
Job 34:9For he hath said, “A man hath no advantage, When he delighteth himself in God.”
Psalms 73:8They mock, and speak of malicious oppression; Their words are haughty;
Isaiah 58:3“Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.
Joel 2:12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, Turn ye to me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning!
Zechariah 7:3and to speak to the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:14-18
Wicked Conversation Reproved; Evil Maxims of Sinners; Pious Converse Commended; Promises to the Godly. ( b. c. 400.) 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord . Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 16 Then… Read the whole commentary →