Matthew Poole and continuators on Malachi 3:11

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.

Lay a restraint upon, or prohibit, and the prohibition shall be effectual, if God so check, no Creature is or dares be deaf to it; such a check not only quiets the unruly Sea, but can dry it up.

All kind of devourers, the Locust, the Canker-worm, Caterpillar, &c. pests of those Countreys very often, though they are in mighty Armies and incredible multitudes, yet a rebuke from God will check them all at once as if they were but one.

Not for Merit in you, but for Good to you.

Consume and eat up, as those Vermin alwayes did whereever they came.

Corn sown by your hand, and Grass springing up of it's own nature, both which these Locusts devour wheresoever they come, and leave penury or famine behind them.

No blasting or burning Winds shall make them drop, no Frosts or Hailes shall destroy your Vines. This was once the Plague of Egypt, Psal. 105.33, 34, 35, 36.

Your Vines shall carry their fruit till they are fully ripe.

Where they had large Vineyards and Oliveyards planted, and God will make them prosper if this People will return to him.

Marginal references: Heb. corrupt.