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Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/malachi/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/malachi/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/malachi/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/malachi/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/malachi/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground; nor will the vine in the field prove fruitless to you,” says the LORD of armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/malachi/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,&#8221 says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/malachi/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it may not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast <i>its grapes</i>,” says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/malachi/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I will rebuke the devourer for you so that it will not corrupt the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field fail to bear,” says Yahweh of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/malachi/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I will rebuke the devourer (insects, plague) for your sake and he will not destroy the fruits of the ground, nor will your vine in the field drop <i>its grapes</i> [before harvest],” says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/malachi/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/malachi/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,&#8221 says the LORD of Hosts. &#8220<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/malachi/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/malachi/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will also stop locusts from destroying your crops and keeping your vineyards from producing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/malachi/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/malachi/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then, for your sake, I will stop insects from eating [your crops]. They will not destroy the produce of your land. The vines in your fields will not lose their unripened grapes," says the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/malachi/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will not let insects destroy your crops, and your grapevines will be loaded with grapes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/malachi/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />And I'll prevent the devourer from harming you, so that he does not destroy the crops of your land. Nor will the vines in your fields drop their fruit," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/malachi/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest," says the LORD who rules over all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/malachi/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/malachi/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/malachi/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/malachi/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/malachi/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have pushed against the consumer for you, "" And He does not destroy the fruit of your ground, "" Nor does the vine in the field miscarry to you,” said YHWH of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/malachi/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/malachi/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I rebuked upon the eater for you, and he shall not corrupt for you the fruit of the earth; and the vine in the field shall not be barren to you, says Jehovah of armies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/malachi/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he shall not spoil the fruit of your land: neither shall the vine in the field be barren, saith the Lord of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/malachi/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he will not corrupt the fruit of your land. Neither will the vine in the field be barren, says the Lord of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/malachi/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke the locust for you so that it will not destroy your crops, And the vine in the field will not be barren, says the LORD of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/malachi/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will rebuke the locust for you, so that it will not destroy the produce of your soil; and your vine in the field shall not be barren, says the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/malachi/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will rebuke the devourer, so that it shall not destroy the fruits of the land; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/malachi/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall rebuke against the devouring worm that it will not destroy the fruit of the land, and it will not destroy for you even one vine in the land, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/malachi/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will rebuke the devourer for your good, And he shall not destroy the fruits of your land; Neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, Saith the LORD of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/malachi/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/malachi/3-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=584" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/malachi/3.htm">Robbing God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1605.htm" title="1605: wə·ḡā·‘ar·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To rebuke. A primitive root; to chide.">I will rebuke</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: bā·’ō·ḵêl (Prep-b, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">the devourer</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that it will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: yaš·ḥiṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: pə·rî (N-msc) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">the fruits</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">of your land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1612.htm" title="1612: hag·ge·p̄en (Art:: N-cs) -- A vine. From an unused root meaning to bend; a vine, especially the grape.">and the vine</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: baś·śā·ḏeh (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">in your field</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: ṯə·šak·kêl (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">fail to produce fruit,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a></span><br />I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4-5</a></span><br />The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Deuteronomy 28:8</a></span><br />The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Leviticus 26:4</a></span><br />I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-19.htm">Haggai 2:19</a></span><br />Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a></span><br />Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Zechariah 8:12</a></span><br />“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21-22</a></span><br />When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. / As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/67-6.htm">Psalm 67:6</a></span><br />The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a></span><br />Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a></span><br />And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a></span><br />But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, said the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="hdg">rebuke.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Joel 2:20</a></b></br> But I will remove far off from you the northern <i>army</i>, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></b></br> I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured <i>them</i>: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Amos 7:1-3</a></b></br> Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, <i>it was</i> the latter growth after the king's mowings… </p><p class="hdg">destroy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a></b></br> That I will give <i>you</i> the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Jeremiah 8:13</a></b></br> I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: <i>there shall be</i> no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and <i>the things that</i> I have given them shall pass away from them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Joel 1:7,12</a></b></br> He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast <i>it</i> away; the branches thereof are made white… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/13-4.htm">Account</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-13.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Devourer</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Devouring</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-5.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Field</a> <a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">Good</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Locusts</a> <a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Miscarry</a> <a href="/amos/9-10.htm">Prevent</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-8.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/amos/9-10.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">Vines</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Account</a> <a href="/malachi/3-12.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/malachi/3-12.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/matthew/1-21.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-13.htm">Devourer</a> <a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Devouring</a> <a href="/matthew/13-4.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/matthew/16-11.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Field</a> <a href="/matthew/9-38.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/malachi/3-14.htm">Good</a> <a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/matthew/5-32.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/malachi/3-12.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Locusts</a> <a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">Miscarry</a> <a href="/matthew/3-14.htm">Prevent</a> <a href="/john/6-17.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/matthew/16-22.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/mark/6-26.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/matthew/13-5.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/matthew/1-11.htm">Time</a> <a href="/matthew/26-29.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Vines</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/3-1.htm">Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">Of the rebellion,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">sacrilege,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/3-13.htm">and infidelity of the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">The promise of blessing to those who fear God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This promise of divine intervention reflects God's control over nature and His ability to protect His people from natural disasters. The concept of God rebuking or restraining forces of destruction is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/job/1-12.htm">Job 1:12</a>, where God sets limits on Satan's actions. This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and His willingness to act on behalf of those who are faithful to Him.<p><b>so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land</b><br>The "fruits of your land" symbolize the agricultural produce that was vital for the survival and prosperity of the Israelites. In the historical context, a good harvest was seen as a sign of God's blessing, while a poor harvest was often interpreted as a sign of divine displeasure. This promise of protection from destruction underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience leads to blessing, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>.<p><b>and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit</b><br>The vine is a significant symbol in the Bible, often representing Israel itself (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>). The assurance that the vine will not fail to produce fruit indicates a promise of continued blessing and prosperity. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is referred to as the "true vine" in <a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1</a>. Just as the vine is meant to bear fruit, believers are called to remain in Christ to produce spiritual fruit.<p><b>says the LORD of Hosts</b><br>The title "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It is a reminder of His ability to fulfill His promises and protect His people. This title is used frequently in the prophetic books to assert God's majesty and His role as the divine warrior who fights on behalf of His people. It reassures the faithful of God's omnipotence and His commitment to their well-being.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm">Malachi</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message to the Israelites. His name means "my messenger" in Hebrew.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_devourer.htm">The Devourer</a></b><br>Likely a reference to pests or locusts that destroy crops, symbolizing any force that consumes resources or blessings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The original audience of Malachi's prophecy, who were experiencing economic hardship and spiritual complacency.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_vine_and_the_field.htm">The Vine and the Field</a></b><br>Represents the agricultural livelihood of the Israelites, symbolizing God's provision and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection_and_provision.htm">God's Protection and Provision</a></b><br>God promises to protect His people from forces that would consume their resources when they are faithful to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands, including tithing, opens the door for His blessings and protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trusting in God's control over all circumstances, including economic and agricultural, brings peace and assurance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_and_material_blessings.htm">Spiritual and Material Blessings</a></b><br>God's blessings are both spiritual and material, and He cares about the well-being of His people in all aspects of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_stewardship.htm">Faithfulness in Stewardship</a></b><br>Being faithful stewards of what God has given us, including our finances and resources, aligns us with His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'rebuke_the_devourer'_mean.htm">What does "Rebuke the Devourer" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_zechariah_3_2's_rebuke_unique.htm">Why does Zechariah 3:2 present the angel of the Lord rebuking Satan in a manner that seems inconsistent with other Old Testament accounts of divine judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_malachi_4_1's_'day'_consume_the_wicked.htm">In Malachi 4:1, how can a literal 'day' consume the wicked like stubble without any known natural phenomenon matching this description?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_saving.htm">What does the Bible say about saving money?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">For your sakes.</span>--The same word as in <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm" title="Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.">Malachi 2:3</a> : here in a good sense, there in a bad.<p><span class= "bld">The devourer</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> the locust, &c.<p><span class= "bld">Rebuke.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">corrupt.</span> The same word is used as in <a href="/malachi/2-3.htm" title="Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.">Malachi 2:3</a>, but in a different construction. (With this verse comp. <a href="/context/haggai/1-6.htm" title="You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.">Haggai 1:6-11</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The devourer.</span> The locust (see Introduction to Joel, § 1.). God would not only give a fruitful season, so that the crops sprang up well, but would guard them from everything that could injure them before they were gathered in. Septuagint, <span class="greek">διαστελῶ</span> <span class="greek">ὑμῖν εἰς βρῶσιν</span>, which perhaps means, as Schleusner thinks, "I will give a charge unto consumption for your good," though Jerome renders, "dividam vobis cibos." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/malachi/3-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will rebuke</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָעַרְתִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·‘ar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1605.htm">Strong's 1605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rebuke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the devourer</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽאֹכֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ō·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for you,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that it will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">יַשְׁחִ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(yaš·ḥiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fruits</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּרִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(pə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fruit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your land,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲדָמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the vine</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙</span> <span class="translit">(hag·ge·p̄en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1612.htm">Strong's 1612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vine, the grape</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your field</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(baś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fail to produce fruit,”</span><br /><span class="heb">תְשַׁכֵּ֨ל</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·šak·kêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts.</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָאֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/malachi/3-11.htm">Malachi 3:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 3:11 I will rebuke the devourer for your (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 3:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 3:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/3-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 3:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 3:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>