Mǎlājīshū 3:12

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

Mǎlājīshū 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 3:12

And all nations shall call you blessed
When they shall see the land freed from the devouring locust, and other hurtful creatures; the former and the latter rains given in their season, and the earth yielding a large increase:

for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts;
or a desirable ^F14 one; not only pleasant to themselves, being fruitful, but wished for by others, by their neighbouring nations, who, seeing their prosperity, could not but desire to dwell with them; or delightsome to the Lord of hosts: thus Jarchi interprets it, the land that I delight in; and so Aben Ezra; to which agrees the Targum,

``and all nations shall praise you, because you dwell in the land of the house of my Shechinah or majesty, and do my will in it;''

and the Syriac version renders it, "the land of my delight": see ( Isaiah 62:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Upx Ura) "terra desiderabilis", V. L. Pagninus, Drusius; "terra beneplaciti", Montanus, Vatablus, Burkius; "oblectationis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Mǎlājīshū 3:12 In-Context

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 .

14 Nǐmen shuō , shìfèng shén shì túrán de , zūnshǒu shén suǒ fēnfu de , zaì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá miànqián kǔ kǔ zhāi jiè , yǒu shénme yìchu ne .