Malaquías 3:9

9 Ustedes están bajo maldición porque toda la nación me ha estado estafando.

Malaquías 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Malachi 3:9

Ye [are] cursed with a curse
Or "with penury", as the Vulgate Latin version; which, though not a proper rendering of the word, is the meaning of the curse they were cursed with; rain was withheld from them for their sins, and the earth did not bring forth its usual increase; wherefore there was want of food in all their land; their blessings were cursed, as in ( Malachi 2:2 ) for the following reason,

for ye have robbed me;
because of this their iniquity, in not bringing their offerings to the Lord, and the tithes to the priests and Levites, their land was stricken with barrenness, and God gave them cleanness of teeth, and want of bread in all places: or, "but ye have robbed me" ^F4; notwithstanding they were thus chastised of the Lord, yet were not reformed, but went on in withholding from God and the priests, what belonged to them:

[even] this whole nation;
the sin was become general, and therefore a general judgment was inflicted on them: Grotius thinks, that the people seeing the priests withhold the tithes from the Levites, they refused to pay them to them, and so the sin became universal. Kimchi observes, that in other sins charged upon the nation, the people were not all alike guilty, but in this which respected the tithes and offerings they were.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Myebq Mta ytaw) "et tamen diripitis me", De Dieu.

Malaquías 3:9 In-Context

7 Desde los días de sus antepasados, han despreciado mis decretos y los han desobedecido. Ahora, vuelvan a mí y yo volveré a ustedes, dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.
»Pero ustedes preguntan: “¿Cómo podemos volver cuando nunca nos fuimos?”.

8 »¿Debería el pueblo estafar a Dios? ¡Sin embargo, ustedes me han estafado!
»Pero ustedes preguntan: “¿Qué quieres decir? ¿Cuándo te hemos estafado?”.
»Me han robado los diezmos y ofrendas que me corresponden.

9 Ustedes están bajo maldición porque toda la nación me ha estado estafando.

10 Traigan todos los diezmos al depósito del templo, para que haya suficiente comida en mi casa. Si lo hacen —dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales— les abriré las ventanas de los cielos. ¡Derramaré una bendición tan grande que no tendrán suficiente espacio para guardarla! ¡Inténtenlo! ¡Pónganme a prueba!

11 »Sus cosechas serán abundantes porque las protegeré de insectos y enfermedades.
Las uvas no caerán de las vides antes de madurar —dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales—.