Malaquías 3:11

11 Por vosotros reprenderé al devorador, para que no os destruya los frutos del suelo; ni vuestra vid en el campo será estérildice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

Malaquías 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 3:11

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes
Or "eater" ^F13; the locust or caterpillar, or any such devouring creature, that eats up the herbage, corn, and fruits of trees; every such creature is under the restraint of Providence; and by a nod, a rebuke, they are easily prevented doing the mischief they otherwise would; these are the Lord's great army, which he can send and call off as he pleases, ( Joel 1:4 ) ( 2:25 ) :

and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground;
as he has done, by eating all green things, as the locust, caterpillar, and canker worm do, grass, corn, and trees:

neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field;
which some understand of the devourer or locust, that that should not cause the vine to be abortive, or cast its fruit before its time, or bereave it of it; but it seems best to interpret it of the vine itself not casting its fruit, as an untimely birth, by blighting and blasting winds:

saith the Lord of hosts;
who holds the winds in his fists, and will not suffer them when he pleases, any more than the locusts, to hurt the trees of the earth, ( Revelation 7:1 Revelation 7:3 ) ( 9:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (lkab) "comedentem", Drusius, Cocceius; "eum qui comedit", Burkius.

Malaquías 3:11 In-Context

9 Con maldición estáis malditos, porque vosotros, la nación entera, me estáis robando.

10 Traed todo el diezmo al alfolí , para que haya alimento en mi casa; y ponedme ahora a prueba en estodice el SEÑOR de los ejércitossi no os abriré las ventanas del cielo, y derramaré para vosotros bendición hasta que sobreabunde.

11 Por vosotros reprenderé al devorador, para que no os destruya los frutos del suelo; ni vuestra vid en el campo será estérildice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

12 Y todas las naciones os llamarán bienaventurados, porque seréis una tierra de deliciasdice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

13 Vuestras palabras han sido duras contra mídice el SEÑOR. Pero decís: "¿Qué hemos hablado contra ti?"