Malachi 3:11

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, 1 and he shall not destroy the p'ri ha'adamah; 1 neither shall your gefen cast her fruit before the time in the sadeh, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

10Bring ye kol hama'aser (all the tithes) into the Beis HaOtzar (House of the Treasury), 1 that there may be teref (food) in Mine Beis, + 3:10 Hamikdash 1 and prove Me now herewith, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 if I will not open you the windows of Shomayim, 1 and pour you out a brocha, 1 that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 1

12And kol HaGoyim shall call you blessed; 1 for ye shall be an Eretz Chefetz, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 8:13I would surely have harvested them, saith Hashem, 1 but no grapes are on the gefen, 1 nor te'enim (figs) on the te'enah (fig tree), 1 even the leaf shall wither; 1 and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 1

Joel 1:7He hath laid my gefen (vine) waste, 1 and barked my teenah (fig tree); 1 he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; 1 the branches thereof are made white. 1

Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern [army], + 2:20 i.e., army of locusts 1 and will drive him into an eretz barren and desolate, 1 with his vanguard toward the eastern sea, + 2:20 i.e., Dead Sea 1 and his rearguard toward the western sea, + 2:20 i.e., Mediterranean Sea 1 and his stench and foul smell will go up. 1 Surely it hath done great things. 1

Amos 4:9I have struck you with blight and mildew; 1 when your ganim (gardens) and your kramim (vineyards) 1 and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, 1 the locust devoured them; 1 yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith Hashem. 1

Habakkuk 3:17Although the etz te'enah shall not blossom, 1 neither shall grape be on the gefen; 1 the labor of the olive shall fail, 1 and the fields shall yield no okhel; 1 the tzon shall be cut off from the fold, 1 and there shall be no herd in the stalls; 1

Zechariah 8:12For the zera is of shalom; 1 the gefen shall yield her fruit, 1 and ha'aretz shall give her increase, 1 and HaShomayim shall give their tal; 1 and I will cause the she'erit HaAm HaZeh 1 to possess all these things for a nachalah. 1

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 →

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