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Malachi 3:9
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You are suffering under a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing me.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue robbed me, euen this whole nation.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
"You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the entire nation of you!
So a curse is on you, because the whole nation has robbed me.
"You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, this whole nation!
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nation.
"You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!
You are cursed with a curse, yet you-the whole nation-are still robbing Me.
That's why your whole nation is under a curse.
A curse is on you, on your whole nation, because you rob me.
Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, [even] this whole nation.
In this way your whole nation has stolen things from me, so bad things are happening to you."
You are cursed with curses, and yet you defraud me.
A curse is on all of you because the whole nation is cheating me.
You are being cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you!
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the nation, all of it.
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
Ye are cursed with a curse, & me haue ye spoyled, euen this whole nation.
And ye do surely look off from me, and ye insult me.
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
and ye ben cursid in nedynesse, and alle ye folc disseyuen me, and `togidere fitchen.
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me—this whole nation is guilty.
You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
You are cursed, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me—the whole nation of you!
With a curse, have ye been cursing, and yet, me, have ye been defrauding, - the whole nation.
And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me; the whole nation of you.
With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it.
Therfore are ye cursed with penury, because ye dyssemble with me, all the sorte of you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Malachi 2:2, Deuteronomy 28:15-19, Joshua 7:12, Joshua 7:13, Joshua 22:20, Isaiah 43:28, Haggai 1:6-11, Haggai 2:14-17
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the field Joshua 7:11 - stolen Proverbs 3:9 - General Isaiah 24:6 - hath Jeremiah 2:31 - Have I been Ezekiel 18:10 - that is Zechariah 5:3 - the curse Zechariah 8:11 - General Malachi 1:14 - cursed Matthew 4:4 - but Acts 5:2 - kept 1 Corinthians 9:11 - sown 1 Corinthians 16:2 - as God
Cross-References
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'
And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'
And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?'
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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" d; 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.
d ×××ª× ××ª× ×§××¢×× "et tamen diripitis me", De Dieu.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye have been cursed with the curse - (not âwith a curseâ). The curse threatened had come upon them: but, as fore-supposed in Leviticus by the repeated burden, âIf ye still walk contrary to Me,â they had persevered in evil. God had already shown His displeasure. But they, so far from being amended by it, were the more hardened in their sin. Perhaps as men do, they pleaded their punishment, as a reason why they should not amend. They defrauded God, under false pretences. They were impoverished by His curse, and so they could not afford to pay the tithes; as men say, âthe times are bad; so we cannot help the poorâ of Christ. âAnd Me ye still are defraudingâ Me, ye; man, God. And that not one or other, but this whole people. It was a requital as to that, in which they had offended. âBecause ye have not rendered tithes and first-fruits, therefore ye are cursed in famine and penury.â âBecause the people did not render tithes and first-fruits to the Levites, the Lord saith, that He Himself suffered fraud, whose ministers, constrained by hunger and penury, deserted the temple. For, if He is visited by others in prison, and sick, is received and cared for, and, hungry and athirst, receives food and drink, why should He not receive tithes in His ministers, and, if they are not given, be Himself deprived of His portion?â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Malachi 3:9. Ye are cursed with a curse — The whole nation is under my displeasure. The curse of God is upon you.
