Malachi 3:7-12

New International Version

⁷ Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away^(A) from my decrees and have not kept them. Return^(B) to me, and I will return to you,”^(C) says the Lord Almighty.

“But you ask,^(D) ‘How are we to return?’

⁸ “Will a mere mortal rob^(E) God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes^(F) and offerings. ⁹ You are under a curse^(G)—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. ¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe^(H) into the storehouse,^(I) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates^(J) of heaven and pour out^(K) so much blessing^(L) that there will not be room enough to store it.^{(M) 11} I will prevent pests from devouring^(N) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,^(O)” says the Lord Almighty. ¹² “Then all the nations will call you blessed,^(P) for yours will be a delightful land,”^(Q) says the Lord Almighty.^(R)