Malachi 3:12

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

11And 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

13Your devarim have been harsh against Me, 1 saith Hashem. Yet ye say: 1 What have we spoken so much against Thee? 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:7For Hashem Eloheicha bringeth thee into an eretz tovah, a land of brooks of mayim, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

2 Chronicles 32:23And many brought minchah unto Hashem to Yerushalayim, and migdanot (expensive gifts) to Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) Melech Yehudah, so that he was magnified in the sight of Kol HaGoyim from thenceforth.

Isaiah 61:9And their zera shall be known among the Goyim 1 and their offspring among the Nations: 1 all that see them shall acknowledge them, 1 that they are the Zera Berach Hashem. 1

Isaiah 62:5For as a bochur marrieth a betulah, 1 so shall thy banim marry thee; 1 and as the choson rejoiceth over the kallah, 1 so shall thy G-d rejoice over thee. 1

Daniel 8:9And out of one of them came forth a little horn, + 8:9 Antiochus Epiphanes which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the [eretz] hatzevi (the glorious [land]). + 8:9 i.e., Eretz Israel

Zephaniah 3:19Hinei, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee; 1 and I will save her that is lame, 1 and gather her that was driven out; 1 and I will get them praise and fame 1 in every land of their boshet (shame). 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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