Malachi 3:13-15

Malachi 3:13-15

Malachi 3:13-15

[13] Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [14] Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before of hosts? [15] the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

What is the context of Malachi 3:13-15?

God’s Seventh Complaint: Against His People—Slandering God (Malachi 3:13-15 true)
The People Complain Harshly (Malachi 3:13-15 true)
Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God (Malachi 3:13-15 true)
The Righteous and the Wicked (Malachi 3:13-18 true)
You Have Robbed God (Malachi 3:8-15 true)
Robbing God (Malachi 3:6-15 true)
A Call to Repentance (Malachi 3:6-15 true)
An Overflowing Blessing (Malachi 3:6-15 true)

What does Malachi 3:13-15 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Now the Lord identified the sinful attitude that lay behind the peoples" failure to tithe. This is the longest speech of the Judahites in the book, and it shows the hardness of the peoples" hearts.