Malaquias 3:9

9 Vós sois amaldiçoados com a maldição; porque a mim me roubais, sim, vós, esta nação toda.

Malaquias 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 3:9

Ye [are] cursed with a curse
Or "with penury", as the Vulgate Latin version; which, though not a proper rendering of the word, is the meaning of the curse they were cursed with; rain was withheld from them for their sins, and the earth did not bring forth its usual increase; wherefore there was want of food in all their land; their blessings were cursed, as in ( Malachi 2:2 ) for the following reason,

for ye have robbed me;
because of this their iniquity, in not bringing their offerings to the Lord, and the tithes to the priests and Levites, their land was stricken with barrenness, and God gave them cleanness of teeth, and want of bread in all places: or, "but ye have robbed me" ^F4; notwithstanding they were thus chastised of the Lord, yet were not reformed, but went on in withholding from God and the priests, what belonged to them:

[even] this whole nation;
the sin was become general, and therefore a general judgment was inflicted on them: Grotius thinks, that the people seeing the priests withhold the tithes from the Levites, they refused to pay them to them, and so the sin became universal. Kimchi observes, that in other sins charged upon the nation, the people were not all alike guilty, but in this which respected the tithes and offerings they were.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Myebq Mta ytaw) "et tamen diripitis me", De Dieu.

Malaquias 3:9 In-Context

7 Desde os dias de vossos pais vos desviastes dos meus estatutos, e não os guardastes. Tornai vós para mim, e eu tornarei para vós diz o Senhor dos exércitos. Mas vós dizeis: Em que havemos de tornar?

8 Roubará o homem a Deus? Todavia vós me roubais, e dizeis: Em que te roubamos? Nos dízimos e nas ofertas alçadas.

9 Vós sois amaldiçoados com a maldição; porque a mim me roubais, sim, vós, esta nação toda.

10 Trazei todos os dízimos � casa do tesouro, para que haja mantimento na minha casa, e depois fazei prova de mim, diz o Senhor dos exércitos, se eu não vos abrir as janelas do céu, e não derramar sobre vós tal bênção, que dela vos advenha a maior abastança.

11 Também por amor de vós reprovarei o devorador, e ele não destruirá os frutos da vossa terra; nem a vossa vide no campo lançará o seu fruto antes do tempo, diz o Senhor dos exércitos.