Malachi 3:11

The devourer] i.e. locusts: cp. Joel 1:4; Amos 4:2.

13. The godly are here addressed, and in their lack of faith are reminded that 'the Lord is mindful of His own.'

14. Cp. Psalms 73:13; Isaiah 58:3.

16. The change from direct address to narrative utterly spoils the connexion. LXX gives, 'This' (i.e. the complaint of Malachi 3:14) 'have they spoken who fear the Lord; and the Lord hath hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance hath been written before Him concerning those that fear the Lord,' etc.