Malachi 3:7

Even from the yamei avoteichem 1 ye are gone away from Mine chukkim, 1 and have not been shomer over them. 1 Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1 But ye said: Wherein shall we return? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

6For I am Hashem, I change not; 1 therefore ye Bnei Ya'akov are not consumed. 1

8Will a man rob G-d? 1 Yet ye have robbed Me. 1 But ye say: Wherein have we robbed Thee? 1 In ma'aser (tithes) and terumah (offerings, contributions). + 3:8 Ex 20:15 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:40V'hitvadu (if they shall confess) their avon, and the avon of their avot, with their treachery in which they were treacherous against Me, and that also they have walked b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto Me;

Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst Hashem Eloheicha to wrath in the midbar; from the yom that thou didst depart out of Eretz Mitzrayim, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Hashem.

Deuteronomy 31:20For when I shall have brought them into ha'adamah which I swore unto Avotav (their fathers), zavat cholov u'devash (that floweth with milk and honey); and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn unto elohim acherim, and serve them, and provoke Me, and break My Brit.

1 Kings 8:47Yet if they make in their lev teshuvah in HaAretz where they were carried captives, and turn, and make techinnah unto Thee in the eretz of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

Nehemiah 9:16But they and Avoteinu dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and paid heed not to Thy mitzvot,

Nehemiah 9:28But after they had rest, they did rah again before Thee; therefore Thou abandoned them unto the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, cried unto Thee, Thou heardest them from Shomayim; and many times didst Thou deliver them according to Thy mercies;

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 400.) 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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