Malachi 3:12

Malachi 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Context of Malachi 3:12

10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, 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 of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty. 13“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ 14“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

Malachi 3:12 word by word

וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם כִּֽי־תִהְי֤וּ אַתֶּם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ חֵ֔פֶץ אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall call you blessedאָשַׁר'âshar 'âshêr · to blessH833
• for ye shall be a delightsomeחֵ֫פֶץchêphets · pleasureH2656
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635

Cross-references for Malachi 3:12

• Deuteronomy 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
• 2 Chronicles 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.
• Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
• Isaiah 61:9Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”
• Jeremiah 33:9Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.’
• Zephaniah 3:19At that time I will deal with all who oppressed you. I will rescue the lame; I will gather the exiles. I will give them praise and honor in every land where they have suffered shame.
• Zechariah 8:23This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’ ”
• Luke 1:48for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed,
• Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;
• Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
• Daniel 8:9Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
• Daniel 11:41He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.

Commentaries on Malachi 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12All nations shall call you blessed - They shall see that a peculiar blessing of God rests upon you, and your land shall be delightsome; like Paradise, the garden of the Lord.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12All nations shall call you blessed - The promise goes beyond the temporal prosperity of their immediate obedience. Few could know or think much of the restored prolificalness of Judaea; none could know of its antecedents. A people, as well as individuals, may starve, and none know of it. Had the whole population of Judah died out, their Persian masters would not have cared for it, but would have sent fresh colonists to replace them and pay the tribute to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 The men of that generation turned away from God, they had not kept his ordinances. God gives them a gracious call. But they said, Wherein shall we return? God notices what returns our hearts make to the calls of his word. It shows great perverseness in sin, when men make afflictions excuses for sin, which are sent to part between them and their sins. Here is an earnest exhortation to reform. God must be served in the first place; and the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12all the nations will call you blessed: Large harvests would once again show the world the Lord’s favor toward Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127-12. Reproof for the non-payment of tithes and offerings, which is the cause of their national calamities, and promise of prosperity on their paying them. from ... days of your fathers--Ye live as your fathers did when they brought on themselves the Babylonian captivity, and ye wish to follow in their steps. This shows that nothing but God's unchanging long-suffering had prevented their being long ago "consumed" (Mal 3:6). Return unto me--in penitence. I…Read the comment

Topics related to Malachi 3:12

• Blessing
• Condescension of God
• Liberality
• Malachi
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Change
• Mournfully
• Prove
• Rob
• Delightsome
• Malachi
• Trade
• Vulgate
• receive, welcome, taken up, acceptance

Commentaries on Malachi 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings