Charles Spurgeon Commentary Malachi 3:7

"From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?" — Malachi 3:7 (ASV)

Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

You wanderers from God, take this invitation to heart, and act upon it. Arise, and return to your Father; for when you are still a great way off, he will see you, and will run to meet you, and have compassion on you: Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

But you said, Wherein shall we return?

God takes notice of what men say to him after he has spoken to them. He will take notice of what you say when you go out of this house of prayer. Erring men usually have something to say for themselves. The self-righteous can always invent some excuse, or ask some question, as they did here: "Wherein shall we return?"