Malachi 3:12-13

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.

Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency

3:13 “You have criticized me sharply,” ²  says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’

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

[3:13]  ² tn Heb “your words are hard [or “strong”] against me”; cf. NIV “said harsh things against me”; TEV, NLT “said terrible things about me.”