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6 "For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
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“I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?'
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Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’
8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.
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“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
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You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
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Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, 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 of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the LORD of hosts.
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I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty.
12 Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the LORD of hosts.
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“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty.
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