Malachi 3:9

3:9 You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty.

Malachi 3:13

Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency

3:13 “You have criticized me sharply,” says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’


tn Heb “cursed with a curse” that is, “under a curse” (so NIV, NLT, CEV).

tn The phrase “is guilty” is not present in the Hebrew text but is implied, and has been supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “your words are hard [or “strong”] against me”; cf. NIV “said harsh things against me”; TEV, NLT “said terrible things about me.”