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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7

A twofold return. "Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts." And Zechariah has a similar expression ( Zechariah 1:3 ), "Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts." The direction to turn from the evil way is very familiar in the books of the prophets, and should be read in the light of their work as social and moral reformers. Some evil custom is indicated, which the people were turned to, and this the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

The sin of robbing God. The special form of sin which is hare denounced (robbing God of tithes and offerings) is only one manifestation of a sin which is older than the law of tithes, and which survives in all nations to the present day. Observe— I. THE NATURE OF THIS SIN . It is an ancient and an inveterate sin. The secret of it is alienation of heart from God ( Malachi 3:7 ). It is due to God, our Creator, Benefactor, Redeemer, that we make his will the law of our life,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

§ 2. God indeed is faithful to his promises, but the people's own conduct has occasioned the withholding of favours: they have been shamefully negligent in the matter of tithes and offerings; let them amend their practice, and they shall be blessed. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

A Divine complaint and a Divine invitation. "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances," etc. In these words we have two things—a Divine complaint and a Divine invitation; and both are addressed to sinners. Notice— I. A DIVINE COMPLAINT AGAINST SINNERS . The complaint involves three charges. 1 . The charge of apostasy. "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances." Your fathers who brought on themselves the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? The prophet shows the people how they have departed from God, in not keeping even the outward observances of religion. The word translated "rob," defraud, found also in Proverbs 22:23 , etc; is rendered in the Septuagint, πτερνιεῖ , "trip up," "supplant;" Vulgate, si affliget homo Deum, or, as St. Jerome first translated, " si affiget homo Deum ," and referred the words to the crucifixion of our Lord. In tithes and offerings. These were due to the Lord, and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Defrauding God. The people of Malachi's days met his reproof in a quibbling and self-justifying spirit. Men who are self-satisfied can resist all appeal. Religious formalities have this as their supreme peril—they satisfy men, and prevent them from feeling moral and spiritual anxieties, and from responding to moral and spiritual demands. These men could not see that there was any sense in which they were depriving God of his rights. The prophet puts his finger on one thing. That suffices... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:9

Ye are cursed with a ( the ) curse . The effect of the curse was scarcity and barrenness, as we see from Malachi 3:10-12 (comp. Malachi 2:2 ; Haggai 1:6 ). The Vulgate assumes the result: In penuria vos maledicti estis. The next clause given the reason of the curse. This whole nation . Not individuals only, but the whole nation (he does not any longer call them God's people) were implicated in this sin. The LXX ; reading differently, has, "The year is ended, and ye have... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

All the tithes; the whole tithe— not merely a portion of it. God is not served with partial service. The storehouse . The tithes were brought to the temple, and laid up in the chambers built to receive them (see Nehemiah 10:38 , Nehemiah 10:39 ; Nehemiah 13:5 , Nehemiah 13:12 , Nehemiah 13:13 ; 2 Chronicles 31:11 , 2 Chronicles 31:12 ). That there may be meat in mine house. That they who minister about holy things may live of the things of the temple ( 1 Corinthians 9:13... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

Recognition of practical penitence. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse" All must include those which ought to have been brought and had not. It was the paying up of old debts which would show the practical and sincere character of the penitence. Sin brings its own punishment. God will treat us relatively to our treatment of him. He recompensed this restored nation of Israel according to their doings. He blighted their fields and blemished their flocks, so that the]and groaned... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:11

The devourer. The locust (see Introduction to Joel, § 1.). God would not only give a fruitful season, so that the crops sprang up well, but would guard them from everything that could injure them before they were gathered in. Septuagint, διαστελῶ ὑμῖν εἰς βρῶσιν , which perhaps means, as Schleusner thinks, "I will give a charge unto consumption for your good," though Jerome renders, "dividam vobis cibos." read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:11

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