[3:6] “I am the Lord, and I do not change. And so you, the descendants of Jacob, are not yet completely lost.
[3:7] You, like your ancestors before you, have turned away from my laws and have not kept them. Turn back to me, and I will turn to you. But you ask, ‘What must we do to turn back to you?’
[3:8] I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. ‘How?’ you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.
[3:9] A curse is on all of you because the whole nation is cheating me.
[3:10] Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.
[3:11] I will not let insects destroy your crops, and your grapevines will be loaded with grapes.
[3:12] Then the people of all nations will call you happy, because your land will be a good place to live.