9. And you have been cursed with privation, and you greatly afflict me, even your entire people.
10. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.
11. And I will rebuke for your sakes the devourer, and he will not corrupt the fruit of your land. Neither will the vine in the field be barren, says the Lord of hosts.
12. And all nations will call you blessed. For you will be a desirable land, says the Lord of hosts.
13. Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.
14. And you have said, "What have we spoken against you?" You have said, "He labors in vain who serves God," and, "What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?
15. Therefore, we now call the arrogant blessed, as if those who work impiety have been built up, and as if they have tempted God and been saved."
16. Then those who fear the Lord spoke, each one with his neighbor. And the Lord paid attention and heeded. And a book of remembrance was written in his sight, for those who fear the Lord and for those who consider his name.
17. And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.
18. And you shall be converted, and you will see the difference between the just and the impious, and between those who serve God and those who do not serve him.