6
"For I, the
LORD, do not
change; therefore you, O
sons of
Jacob, are not
consumed.
b{q][;y -yen.B ~,T;a.w yityin'v a{l h'wh.y yin]a yiK ? ~,tyil.k a{l
7
"From the
days of your
fathers you have
turned aside from My
statutes and have not
kept them.
Return to Me, and I will
return to you,"
says the
LORD of
hosts. "But you
say,
'How shall we
return?'
~,T.r;m.v a{l.w y;QUxem ~,T.r;s ~,kyet{b]a yemyim.l ? h'wh.y r;m'a ~,kyel]a h'b.Wv'a.w y;lea .Wb.Wv ? b.Wv'n h,M;B ~,T.r;m]a;w tw{a'b.c
8
"Will a
man rob God?
Yet you are
robbing Me! But you
say,
'How have we
robbed You?' In
tithes and
offerings.
yit{a ~yi[.b{q ~,T;a yiK ~yih{l/a ~'d'a [;B.qIy]h ? h'm.Wr.T;h.w ref][;M;h '$.Wn][;b.q h,M;B ~,T.r;m]a;w
9
"You are
cursed with a
curse, for you are
robbing Me, the
whole nation of you!
~yi[.b{q ~,T;a yit{a.w ~yir'aen ~,T;a h'rea.M;B ? w{LUK yw{G;h
10
"Bring the
whole tithe into the
storehouse, so that there may be
food in My
house, and
test Me
now in
this,"
says the
LORD of
hosts,
"if I will not
open for you the
windows of
heaven and
pour out for you a
blessing until it
overflows *.
r'cw{a'h tyeB -l,a ref][;M;h -l'K -t,a .Wayib'h ? ta{z'B a'n yin.Wn'x.b.W yityeb.B @,r,j yihyiw ? ~,k'l x;T.p,a a{l -mia tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a ? h'k'r.B ~,k'l yit{qyir]h;w ~Iy;m'V;h tw{BUr]a tea ? y'd -yil.B -d;[
11
"Then I will
rebuke the
devourer for you, so that it will not
destroy the
fruits of the
ground;
nor will your
vine in the
field cast its grapes,"
says the
LORD of
hosts.
yir.P -t,a ~,k'l tix.v;y -a{l.w lek{a'B ~,k'l yiT.r;['g.w ? r;m'a h,d'F;B !,p,G;h ~,k'l leK;v.t -a{l.w h'm'd]a'h ? tw{a'b.c h'wh.y
12
"All the
nations will
call you
blessed, for you shall be a
delightful land,"
says the
LORD of
hosts.
~,T;a .Wy.hit -yiK ~Iyw{G;h -l'K ~,k.t,a .Wr.Via.w ? tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a #,pex #,r,a