Malachi 3 · Verse 12

Malachi 3:12

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:12, King James Version

Malachi 3:12 in other translations

BSB“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
WEB“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the LORD of Armies.
ASVAnd all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
YLTAnd declared you happy have all the nations, For ye are a delightful land, said Jehovah of Hosts.
DARBYAnd all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.
BBEAnd you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.
WebsterAnd all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

What does Malachi 3:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 3:7-12

7-12. Reproof for the non-payment of tithes and offerings, which is the cause of their national calamities, and promise of prosperity on their paying them. from ... days of your fathers--Ye live as your fathers did when they brought on themselves the Babylonian captivity, and ye wish to follow in their steps. This shows that nothing but God's unchanging long-suffering had prevented their being long ago "consumed"…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 All nations shall call you blessed - They shall see that a peculiar blessing of God rests upon you, and your land shall be delightsome; like Paradise, the garden of the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Malachi 3:7-12

The men of that generation turned away from God, they had not kept his ordinances. God gives them a gracious call. But they said, Wherein shall we return? God notices what returns our hearts make to the calls of his word. It shows great perverseness in sin, when men make afflictions excuses for sin, which are sent to part between them and their sins. Here is an earnest exhortation to reform. God must be served in…

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Malachi 3:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִשְּׁר֥וּve.'i.she.Ruand they will call blessedH833
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תִהְי֤וּtih.Yuyou will beH1961
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retza land ofH776
חֵ֔פֶץChe.fetzdelightH2656
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָאֽוֹת\׃\ \סtze.va.'otof hostsH6635

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Malachi 3:12

  • Isaiah 61:9

    And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

  • Isaiah 62:4

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

  • Zechariah 8:23

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

  • Luke 1:48

    For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  • Jeremiah 33:9

    And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

  • Deuteronomy 8:7-10

    For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

  • Deuteronomy 11:12

    A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:23

    And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

  • Daniel 8:9

    And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

  • Deuteronomy 4:6-7

    Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

  • Zephaniah 3:19-20

    Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 72:17

    His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

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all.
De 4:6,7; 2Ch 32:23; Ps 72:17; Isa 61:9; Jer 33:9; Zep 3:19,20
Zec 8:23; Lu 1:48
a delightsome.
De 8:7-10; 11:12; Da 8:9; 11:41

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Context

  • Malachi 3:11

    And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Malachi 3:12

    And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Malachi 3:13

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

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Malachi 3:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y todas las gentes os dirán bienaventurados; porque seréis tierra deseable, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et toutes les nations vous diront bienheureux, car vous serez un pays de délices, dit l’ Éternel des armées.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und alle Nationen werden euch glücklich preisen, denn ihr werdet ein Land des Wohlgefallens sein, spricht Jehova der Heerscharen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et beatos vos dicent omnes gentes: eritis enim vos terra desiderabilis, dicit Dominus exercituum.