Malachi 3:12

3:12 “All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in ¹  a delightful land,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 1:10

1:10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, ²  so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.

Malachi 2:17

Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit

2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” Because you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord’s opinion, ³  and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

[3:12]  ¹ tn Heb “will be” (so NAB, NRSV); TEV “your land will be a good place to live in.”

[1:10]  ² sn The rhetorical language suggests that as long as the priesthood and people remain disobedient, the temple doors may as well be closed because God is not “at home” to receive them or their worship there.

[2:17]  ³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”