Yeremia 31:14
Konteks31:14 I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. 1
My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”
Hagai 2:20
Konteks2:20 Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai 2 on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 3
Zakharia 8:13
Konteks8:13 And it will come about that just as you (both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!’
Maleakhi 3:10
Konteks3:10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse 4 so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the Lord who rules over all, “to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.
[31:14] 1 tn Heb “I will satiate the priests with fat.” However, the word translated “fat” refers literally to the fat ashes of the sacrifices (see Lev 1:16; 4:2 and cf. BDB 206 s.v. דֶּשֶׁן 2. The word is used more abstractly for “abundance” or “rich food” (see Job 36:16 and BDB 206 s.v. דֶּשֶׁן 1). The people and the priests were prohibited from eating the fat (Lev 7:23-24).
[2:20] 2 tn Heb “and the word of the
[2:20] 3 sn Again, the twenty-fourth day of the month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520
[3:10] 4 tn The Hebrew phrase בֵּית הָאוֹצָר (bet ha’otsar, here translated “storehouse”) refers to a kind of temple warehouse described more fully in Nehemiah (where the term לִשְׁכָּה גְדוֹלָה [lishkah gÿdolah, “great chamber”] is used) as a place for storing grain, frankincense, temple vessels, wine, and oil (Neh 13:5). Cf. TEV “to the Temple.”