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You are being cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you! 10 Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse,[a] so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you an overflowing blessing.[b] 11 I will rebuke the devourer[c] for you; it will not destroy the fruit of your soil; your vine in the field will not be unfruitful,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:10 Hebrew “the house of the treasure”
  2. Malachi 3:10 Literally, “a blessing up to not enough”
  3. Malachi 3:11 NRSV, JPS interpret this word as “locust”

You are under a curse(A)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe(B) into the storehouse,(C) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(D) of heaven and pour out(E) so much blessing(F) that there will not be room enough to store it.(G) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(H) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(I)” says the Lord Almighty.

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