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Selected Verse: Malachi 3:10 - Strong Concordance
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| Mal 3:10 |
Strong Concordance |
Bring [0935] ye all the tithes [04643] into the storehouse [0214], that there may be meat [02964] in mine house [01004], and prove [0974] me now herewith [02063], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], if I will not open [06605] you the windows [0699] of heaven [08064], and pour you out [07324] a blessing [01293], that there shall not be room enough [01767] to receive it. |
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King James |
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Pro 3:9-10).
storehouse-- (Ch2 31:11, Margin; compare Ch1 26:20; Neh 10:38; Neh 13:5, Neh 13:12).
prove me . . . herewith--with this; by doing so. Test Me whether I will keep My promise of blessing you, on condition of your doing your part (Ch2 31:10).
pour . . . out--literally, "empty out": image from a vessel completely emptied of its contents: no blessing being kept back.
windows of heaven-- (Kg2 2:7).
that . . . not . . . room enough, &c.--literally, "even to not . . . sufficiency," that is, either, as English Version. Or, even so as that there should be "not merely" "sufficiency" but superabundance [JEROME, MAURER]. GESENIUS not so well translates, "Even to a failure of sufficiency," which in the case of God could never arise, and therefore means for ever, perpetually: so Psa 72:5, "as long as the sun and moon endure"; literally, "until a failure of the sun and moon," which is never to be; and therefore means, for ever. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Bring the whole tithes - , not a part only, keeping back more or less, and, as he had said, defrauding God, offering, like Ananias, apart, as if it had been the whole; into the treasury, where they were collected in the time of Hezekiah and again, at this time, by the direction of Nehemiah, "so that there shall be food," not superfluity, in My house "for those who minister in the house of My sanctuary." Neh 13:10-23. "The Levites and singers had, before the reformation, fled every one to his field, because the portion of the Levites had not been given them." On Nehemiah's remonstrance, aided by Malachi, "the tithe of corn and the wine and the new oil were brought into the treasuries."
Bring the whole tithes - o "Thou knowest that all things which come to thee are God's, and dost not thou give of His own to the Creator of all? The Lord God needeth not: He asketh not a reward, but reverence: He asketh not anything of thine, to restore to Him. He asketh of thee "first-fruits and tithes." Niggard, what wouldest thou do, if He took nine parts to Himself, and left thee the tenth? What if He said to thee; 'Man, thou art Mine, Who made thee; Mine is the land which thou tillest; Mine are the seeds, which thou sowest; Mine are the animals, which thou weariest; Mine are the showers, Mine the winds, Mine the sun's heat; and since Mine are all the elements, whereby thou livest, thou who givest only the labor of thine hands, deservest only the tithes.' But since Almighty God lovingly feeds us, He gives most ample reward to us who labor little: claiming to Himself the tithes only, He has condoned us all the rest."
And prove Me now herewith, in or by this thing - God pledges Himself to His creatures, in a way in which they themselves can verify. "If you will obey, I will supply all your needs; if not, I will continue your dearth." By whatever laws God orders the material creation, He gave them a test, of the completion of which they themselves could judge, of which they themselves must have judged. They had been afflicted with years of want. God promises them years of plenty, on a condition which He names. What would men think now, if anyone had, in God's name, promised that such or such a disease, which injured our crops or our cattle, should come at once to an end, if any one of God's laws should be kept? We should have been held as finatics, and rightly, for we had no commission of God. God authenticates those by whom He speaks; He promises, who alone can perform.
"There are three keys which God hath reserved in His own hands, and hath not delivered to any to minister or substitute, the keys of life, of rain, and of the resurrection. In the ordering of the rain they look on His great power, no less than in giving life at first, or afterward raising the dead to it; as Paul saith Act 14:17, "God left not Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave rain, from heaven and fruitful seasons."
If I will not open the windows of heaven - o In the time of the flood, they were, as it were, opened, to man's destruction: now, God would rain abundantly for you, for their sakes. "And pour you out, literally empty out to you," give to them fully, holding back nothing. So in the Gospel it is said, that the love of God is "shed abroad poured out and forth in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us."
"That there is not room enough to receive it; literally until there is no sufficiency." (In Psa 72:7 (quoted by Ges. Ros. etc.) "there shall be abundance of peace ירח בלי עד, literally, "until there be no moon," has a literal meaning, that the peace should last until the end of our creation, without saying anything of what lies beyond.) The text does not express what should not suffice, whether it be on God's part or on man's. Yet it were too great irony, if understood of God. His superabundance, "above all which we can ask or think," is a first principle in the conception of God, as the Infinite Source of all being. But to say of God. that He would pour out His blessing, until man could not contain it, is one bliss of eternity, that God's gifts will overflow the capacity of His creatures to receive them. The pot of oil poured forth the oil, until, on the prophets saying Kg2 4:6, "Bring me yet a vessel," the widows son said, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed." God's gifts are limited only by our capacity to receive them. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Mal 3:10. "Bring ye all the tithe into the treasure-house, that there may be consumption in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I do not open you the sluices of heaven, and pour you out a blessing to superabundance. Mal 3:11. And I will rebuke the devourer for you, that he may not destroy the fruit of your ground; and your vine will not miscarry in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts. Mal 3:12. And all nations will call you blessed; for ye will be a land of good pleasure, saith Jehovah of hosts." In Mal 3:10 the emphasis lies upon kol: the whole of the tithe they are to bring, and not merely a portion of it, and so defraud the Lord; for the tithe was paid to Jehovah for His servants the Levites (Num 18:24). It was delivered, at least after the times of the later kings, at the sanctuary, where store-chambers were built for the purpose (cf. Ch2 31:11.; Neh 10:38-39; Neh 12:44; Neh 13:12). Tereph signifies here food, or consumption, as in Pro 31:15; Psa 111:5. בּזאת, through this, i.e., through their giving to God what they are under obligation to give Him, they are to prove God, whether in His attitude towards them He is no longer the holy and righteous God (Mal 2:17; Mal 3:6). Then will they also learn, that He causes the promised blessing to flow in the richest abundance to those who keep His commandments. אם לא is not a particle of asseveration or oath (Koehler), but an indirect question: whether not. Opening the sluices of heaven is a figure, denoting the most copious supply of blessing, so that it flows down from heaven like a pouring rain (as in Kg2 7:2). עד בּלי די, till there is no more need, i.e., in superabundance. This thought is individualized in Mal 3:11. Everything that could injure the fruits of the land God will take away. גּער, to rebuke practically, i.e., to avert the intention. אכל, the devourer, is here the locust, so called from its insatiable voracity. Shikkēl, to miscarry, is affirmed of the vine, when it has set a good quantity of grapes, which perish and drop off before they ripen. In consequence of this blessing, all nations will call Israel blessed (Mal 3:12), because its land will be an object of pleasure to every one (cf. Zac 7:14; Zac 8:13, Zac 8:23). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bring ye - Make a punctual and full payment of all tithes; about this did Nehemiah contend with the rulers, and made them comply, and then all Judah obeyed and did the like, Neh 13:10-13. To the store - house - This was one or more large rooms, built on purpose for this use. That there may be meat - For the priests and Levites to live upon. Prove me - Make the experiment. The windows of heaven - A kind of proverbial speech, to express great abundance. A blessing - First of rain to water the earth, next a blessing of corn, wine and oil, and all other products of the earth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Bring ye all the tithes - They had so withheld these that the priests had not food enough to support life, and the sacred service was interrupted. See Neh 13:10.
And prove me now herewith - What ye give to God shall never lessen your store. Give as ye should, and see whether I will not so increase your store by opening the windows of heaven - giving you rain and fruitful seasons - that your barns and granaries shall not be able to contain the abundance of your harvests and vintage. |
5 They shall fear [03372] thee as long as [05973] the sun [08121] and moon [03394] endure [06440], throughout all [01755] generations [01755].
7 And fifty [02572] men [0376] of the sons [01121] of the prophets [05030] went [01980], and stood [05975] to view [05048] afar off [07350]: and they two [08147] stood [05975] by Jordan [03383].
10 And Azariah [05838] the chief [07218] priest [03548] of the house [01004] of Zadok [06659] answered [0559] him, and said [0559], Since the people began [02490] to bring [0935] the offerings [08641] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], we have had enough [07646] to eat [0398], and have left [03498] plenty [07230]: for the LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288] his people [05971]; and that which is left [03498] is this great store [01995].
12 Then brought [0935] all Judah [03063] the tithe [04643] of the corn [01715] and the new wine [08492] and the oil [03323] unto the treasuries [0214].
5 And he had prepared [06213] for him a great [01419] chamber [03957], where aforetime [06440] they laid [05414] the meat offerings [04503], the frankincense [03828], and the vessels [03627], and the tithes [04643] of the corn [01715], the new wine [08492], and the oil [03323], which was commanded [04687] to be given to the Levites [03881], and the singers [07891], and the porters [07778]; and the offerings [08641] of the priests [03548].
38 And the priest [03548] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] shall be with the Levites [03881], when the Levites [03881] take tithes [06237]: and the Levites [03881] shall bring up [05927] the tithe [04643] of the tithes [04643] unto the house [01004] of our God [0430], to the chambers [03957], into the treasure [0214] house [01004].
20 And of the Levites [03881], Ahijah [0281] was over the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of God [0430], and over the treasures [0214] of the dedicated things [06944].
11 Then Hezekiah [03169] commanded [0559] to prepare [03559] chambers [03957] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; and they prepared [03559] them,
9 Honour [03513] the LORD [03068] with thy substance [01952], and with the firstfruits [07225] of all thine increase [08393]:
10 So shall thy barns [0618] be filled [04390] with plenty [07647], and thy presses [03342] shall burst out [06555] with new wine [08492].
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels [03627] were full [04390], that she said [0559] unto her son [01121], Bring [05066] me yet a vessel [03627]. And he said [0559] unto her, There is not a vessel [03627] more. And the oil [08081] stayed [05975].
7 In his days [03117] shall the righteous [06662] flourish [06524]; and abundance [07230] of peace [07965] so long as the moon [03394] endureth.
17 Nevertheless [2544] [2532] he left [863] not [3756] himself [1438] without witness [267], in that he did good [15], and gave [1325] us [2254] rain [5205] from heaven [3771], and [2532] fruitful [2593] seasons [2540], filling [1705] our [2257] hearts [2588] with food [5160] and [2532] gladness [2167].
10 And I perceived [03045] that the portions [04521] of the Levites [03881] had not been given [05414] them: for the Levites [03881] and the singers [07891], that did [06213] the work [04399], were fled [01272] every one [0376] to his field [07704].
11 Then contended [07378] I with the rulers [05461], and said [0559], Why is the house [01004] of God [0430] forsaken [05800]? And I gathered them together [06908], and set [05975] them in their place [05977].
12 Then brought [0935] all Judah [03063] the tithe [04643] of the corn [01715] and the new wine [08492] and the oil [03323] unto the treasuries [0214].
13 And I made treasurers [0686] over the treasuries [0214], Shelemiah [08018] the priest [03548], and Zadok [06659] the scribe [05608], and of the Levites [03881], Pedaiah [06305]: and next to them [03027] was Hanan [02605] the son [01121] of Zaccur [02139], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983]: for they were counted [02803] faithful [0539], and their office was to distribute [02505] unto their brethren [0251].
14 Remember [02142] me, O my God [0430], concerning this, and wipe not out [04229] my good [02617] deeds that I have done [06213] for the house [01004] of my God [0430], and for the offices [04929] thereof.
15 In those days [03117] saw [07200] I in Judah [03063] some treading [01869] wine presses [01660] on the sabbath [07676], and bringing in [0935] sheaves [06194], and lading [06006] asses [02543]; as also wine [03196], grapes [06025], and figs [08384], and all manner of burdens [04853], which they brought [0935] into Jerusalem [03389] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117]: and I testified [05749] against them in the day [03117] wherein they sold [04376] victuals [06718].
16 There dwelt [03427] men of Tyre [06876] also therein, which brought [0935] fish [01709] [01709], and all manner of ware [04377], and sold [04376] on the sabbath [07676] unto the children [01121] of Judah [03063], and in Jerusalem [03389].
17 Then I contended [07378] with the nobles [02715] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto them, What evil [07451] thing [01697] is this that ye do [06213], and profane [02490] the sabbath [07676] day [03117]?
18 Did [06213] not your fathers [01] thus, and did [0935] not our God [0430] bring [0935] all this evil [07451] upon us, and upon this city [05892]? yet ye bring [0935] more [03254] wrath [02740] upon Israel [03478] by profaning [02490] the sabbath [07676].
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389] began to be dark [06751] before [06440] the sabbath [07676], I commanded [0559] that the gates [01817] should be shut [05462], and charged [0559] that they should not be opened [06605] till after [0310] the sabbath [07676]: and some of my servants [05288] set [05975] I at the gates [08179], that there should no burden [04853] be brought in [0935] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117].
20 So the merchants [07402] and sellers [04376] of all kind of ware [04465] lodged [03885] without [02351] Jerusalem [03389] once [06471] or twice [08147].
21 Then I testified [05749] against them, and said [0559] unto them, Why lodge [03885] ye about [05048] the wall [02346]? if ye do so again [08138], I will lay [07971] hands [03027] on you. From that time [06256] forth came [0935] they no more on the sabbath [07676].
22 And I commanded [0559] the Levites [03881] that they should cleanse [02891] themselves, and that they should come [0935] and keep [08104] the gates [08179], to sanctify [06942] the sabbath [07676] day [03117]. Remember [02142] me, O my God [0430], concerning this also, and spare [02347] me according to the greatness [07230] of thy mercy [02617].
23 In those days [03117] also saw [07200] I Jews [03064] that had married [03427] wives [0802] of Ashdod [0796], of Ammon [05984], and of Moab [04125]:
23 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; In those days [03117] it shall come to pass, that ten [06235] men [0582] shall take hold [02388] out of all languages [03956] of the nations [01471], even shall take hold [02388] of the skirt [03671] of him that is a Jew [0376] [03064], saying [0559], We will go [03212] with you: for we have heard [08085] that God [0430] is with you.
13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse [07045] among the heathen [01471], O house [01004] of Judah [03063], and house [01004] of Israel [03478]; so will I save [03467] you, and ye shall be a blessing [01293]: fear [03372] not, but let your hands [03027] be strong [02388].
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind [05590] among all the nations [01471] whom they knew [03045] not. Thus the land [0776] was desolate [08074] after [0310] them, that no man passed through [05674] nor returned [07725]: for they laid [07760] the pleasant [02532] land [0776] desolate [08047].
12 And all nations [01471] shall call you blessed [0833]: for ye shall be a delightsome [02656] land [0776], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
11 And I will rebuke [01605] the devourer [0398] for your sakes, and he shall not destroy [07843] the fruits [06529] of your ground [0127]; neither shall your vine [01612] cast her fruit [07921] before the time in the field [07704], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
2 Then a lord [07991] on whose hand [03027] the king [04428] leaned [08172] answered [06030] the man [0376] of God [0430], and said [0559], Behold, if the LORD [03068] would make [06213] windows [0699] in heaven [08064], might this thing [01697] be? And he said [0559], Behold, thou shalt see [07200] it with thine eyes [05869], but shalt not eat [0398] thereof.
6 For I am the LORD [03068], I change [08138] not; therefore ye sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] are not consumed [03615].
17 Ye have wearied [03021] the LORD [03068] with your words [01697]. Yet ye say [0559], Wherein have we wearied [03021] him? When ye say [0559], Every one that doeth [06213] evil [07451] is good [02896] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and he delighteth [02654] in them; or, Where is the God [0430] of judgment [04941]?
5 He hath given [05414] meat [02964] unto them that fear [03373] him: he will ever [05769] be mindful [02142] of his covenant [01285].
15 She riseth [06965] also while it is yet night [03915], and giveth [05414] meat [02964] to her household [01004], and a portion [02706] to her maidens [05291].
12 Then brought [0935] all Judah [03063] the tithe [04643] of the corn [01715] and the new wine [08492] and the oil [03323] unto the treasuries [0214].
44 And at that time [03117] were some [0582] appointed [06485] over the chambers [05393] for the treasures [0214], for the offerings [08641], for the firstfruits [07225], and for the tithes [04643], to gather [03664] into them out of the fields [07704] of the cities [05892] the portions [04521] of the law [08451] for the priests [03548] and Levites [03881]: for Judah [03063] rejoiced [08057] for the priests [03548] and for the Levites [03881] that waited [05975].
38 And the priest [03548] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] shall be with the Levites [03881], when the Levites [03881] take tithes [06237]: and the Levites [03881] shall bring up [05927] the tithe [04643] of the tithes [04643] unto the house [01004] of our God [0430], to the chambers [03957], into the treasure [0214] house [01004].
39 For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Levi [03878] shall bring [0935] the offering [08641] of the corn [01715], of the new wine [08492], and the oil [03323], unto the chambers [03957], where are the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [04720], and the priests [03548] that minister [08334], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891]: and we will not forsake [05800] the house [01004] of our God [0430].
11 Then Hezekiah [03169] commanded [0559] to prepare [03559] chambers [03957] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; and they prepared [03559] them,
24 But the tithes [04643] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which they offer [07311] as an heave offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068], I have given [05414] to the Levites [03881] to inherit [05159]: therefore I have said [0559] unto them, Among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] they shall have [05157] no inheritance [05159].
10 Bring [0935] ye all the tithes [04643] into the storehouse [0214], that there may be meat [02964] in mine house [01004], and prove [0974] me now herewith [02063], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], if I will not open [06605] you the windows [0699] of heaven [08064], and pour you out [07324] a blessing [01293], that there shall not be room enough [01767] to receive it.
12 And all nations [01471] shall call you blessed [0833]: for ye shall be a delightsome [02656] land [0776], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
11 And I will rebuke [01605] the devourer [0398] for your sakes, and he shall not destroy [07843] the fruits [06529] of your ground [0127]; neither shall your vine [01612] cast her fruit [07921] before the time in the field [07704], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
10 Bring [0935] ye all the tithes [04643] into the storehouse [0214], that there may be meat [02964] in mine house [01004], and prove [0974] me now herewith [02063], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], if I will not open [06605] you the windows [0699] of heaven [08064], and pour you out [07324] a blessing [01293], that there shall not be room enough [01767] to receive it.
10 And I perceived [03045] that the portions [04521] of the Levites [03881] had not been given [05414] them: for the Levites [03881] and the singers [07891], that did [06213] the work [04399], were fled [01272] every one [0376] to his field [07704].
11 Then contended [07378] I with the rulers [05461], and said [0559], Why is the house [01004] of God [0430] forsaken [05800]? And I gathered them together [06908], and set [05975] them in their place [05977].
12 Then brought [0935] all Judah [03063] the tithe [04643] of the corn [01715] and the new wine [08492] and the oil [03323] unto the treasuries [0214].
13 And I made treasurers [0686] over the treasuries [0214], Shelemiah [08018] the priest [03548], and Zadok [06659] the scribe [05608], and of the Levites [03881], Pedaiah [06305]: and next to them [03027] was Hanan [02605] the son [01121] of Zaccur [02139], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983]: for they were counted [02803] faithful [0539], and their office was to distribute [02505] unto their brethren [0251].
10 And I perceived [03045] that the portions [04521] of the Levites [03881] had not been given [05414] them: for the Levites [03881] and the singers [07891], that did [06213] the work [04399], were fled [01272] every one [0376] to his field [07704].