Malachi 3:9

Ye are cursed with a me'erah (curse); 1 for ye have robbed Me, 1 even this whole Goy (nation). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 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

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

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Cross References

Joshua 7:12Therefore the Bnei Yisroel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they are for Cherem; neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the Cherem from among you.

Isaiah 43:28Therefore I have profaned the Sarei Kodesh, (Holy Princes) 1 and have given Ya'akov to cherem, 1 and Yisroel to giddufim (revilings).

Haggai 2:14Then answered Chaggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, saith Hashem; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is tamei (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 →

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