Mǎlājīshū 3:13

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

Mǎlājīshū 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord,
&c.] Hard and strong; they bore very hardly upon him, were exceeding impudent and insolent; murmuring at his providence; arraigning his justice and goodness; and despising his word, worship, and ordinances. Aben Ezra says, this is a prophecy concerning the time to come, that is, the times of the Messiah; and so it describes the Jews in his times.

Yet ye say, what have we spoken [so much] against thee?
or "what have we spoken against thee?" as if they were not guilty in any respect, and as if nothing could be proved against them; and as though the Lord did not know what they had said in their hearts, seeing they had not spoken it with their mouths: though the supplement of our translators, "so much", is confirmed by the Targum, which is,

``and if ye say, how (or in what) have we multiplied speech before thee?''

and so Kimchi observes, that the form in which the Hebrew word is denotes much and frequent speaking: and Abarbinel agrees with him, though he rather thinks it has this sense, "what are we spoken of to thee?" what calumny is this? what accusation do they bring against us to thee? what is it that is reported we say against thee? thus wiping their mouths, as if they were innocent and harmless.

Mǎlājīshū 3:13 In-Context

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 .

15 Rújīn wǒmen chēng kuángào de rén wèi yǒu fú . bìngqie xíng è de rén dé jiànlì . tāmen suīrán shìtan shén , què dé tuōlí zāinàn .