9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
9 You are under a curse-your whole nation-because you are robbing me.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
9 And now you're under a curse - the whole lot of you - because you're robbing me.
9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
9 You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Malachi 3:9
Commentary on Malachi 3:7-12
(Read Malachi 3:7-12)
The men of that generation turned away from God, they had not kept his ordinances. God gives them a gracious call. But they said, Wherein shall we return? God notices what returns our hearts make to the calls of his word. It shows great perverseness in sin, when men make afflictions excuses for sin, which are sent to part between them and their sins. Here is an earnest exhortation to reform. God must be served in the first place; and the interest of our souls ought to be preferred before that of our bodies. Let them trust God to provide for their comfort. God has blessings ready for us, but through the weakness of our faith and the narrowness of our desires, we have not room to receive them. He who makes trial will find nothing is lost by honouring the Lord with his substance.