You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me – this whole nation is guilty.

Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!’”

“But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.

“Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

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

“I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the Lord who rules over all.

You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Yet you ask, “Why?” The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.