Mǎlājīshū 3:11

11 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ bì wèi nǐmen chìzé huángchóng ( huángchóng yuánwén zuò tūn shì zhĕ ) , bùróng tā huǐhuaì nǐmen de tǔchǎn . nǐmen tiánjiān de pútàoshù zaì wèi shú zhī xiān , yĕ bú diào guǒzi .

Mǎlājīshū 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.

Mǎlājīshū 3:11 In-Context

9 Yīn nǐmen tōng guó de rén , dōu duó qǔ wǒde gōngwù , zhòuzǔ jiù líndào nǐmen shēnshang .

10 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen yào jiāng dāng nà de shí fēn zhīyī , quán rán sòng rù cāng kù , shǐ wǒ jiā yǒu liáng , yǐ cǐ shì shì wǒ , shìfǒu wèi nǐmen chǎngkāi tiān shang de chuānghu , qīng fú yǔ nǐmen , shènzhì wú chù kĕ róng .

11 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ bì wèi nǐmen chìzé huángchóng ( huángchóng yuánwén zuò tūn shì zhĕ ) , bùróng tā huǐhuaì nǐmen de tǔchǎn . nǐmen tiánjiān de pútàoshù zaì wèi shú zhī xiān , yĕ bú diào guǒzi .

12 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , wàn guó bì chēng nǐmen wèi yǒu fú de , yīn nǐmen de dì bì chéngwéi xǐlè zhī dì .

13 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen yòng huà dǐngzhuàng wǒ , nǐmen hái shuō , wǒmen yòng shénme huà dǐngzhuàng le nǐ ne .