You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
Against their blasphemous murmuring that God has deceived or forsaken them, I assert that His covenant shall not fail. Though men are perfidious, God remains true to His own nature and cannot depart from it; He triumphs gloriously over their slanders by accomplishing His promises in their due time.
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Commenting on Malachi 3:1-18
These are wicked servants who not only run away from their Master but run away with His goods. They grew weary of His ordinances and withdrew their necks from that yoke; yet He calls them back with an invitation steeped in grace: return to Me, and I will return to you and be reconciled.
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Commenting on Malachi 3:7-12
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...