Holy Scripture

Malachi 3:12

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 7 and following) Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?' Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Br…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Malachi

Source: Septuagint

Original

12And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a desirable land, saith the Lord Almighty.

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10The year is completed, and ye have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, saith the Lord Almighty, see if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until ye are satisfied.

11And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.

— Malachi 3:12 —

13Ye have spoken grievous words against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee?

14Ye said, He that serves God labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?

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