‏ Malachi 2

I Will Curse Your Blessings

1“And now this commandment is for you, O priests. 2If you do not listen, and if you do not set it upon your heart to give
Or glory
honor to My name,” says Yahweh of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already because you are not setting it upon your heart.
3Behold, I am going to rebuke your seed, and I will spread
Or vomit
refuse on your faces, the
Or vomit
refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away
Lit to
with it.
4Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you,
Or to be My covenant with
that My covenant may
Lit be
continue with Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.
5“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as something to be
Or reverenced
feared; so he feared Me and stood in
Lit terror
awe of My name.
6
Or Law
Instruction of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity.
7For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and
Lit they
men should seek
Or law
instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
8But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble
Or in the law
by the instruction; you have
Or violated
corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.
9“So I also have made you despised and low
Lit to
before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the
Or law
instruction.

Judah Profaned Yahweh’s Sanctuary

10“Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? 11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh
Or in that He has loved and married
which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12As for the man who does this, may Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers or who presents
Or a grain offering
an offering to Yahweh of hosts.

13“And this is a second thing you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with groaning because He no longer regards the
Or grain offering
offering or receives it as acceptable from your hand.
14But you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because Yahweh has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15
Or Did He not make one, although He had the remnant
But not one has done so, even one who has a remnant of the Spirit. And
Or why one? He sought a godly offspring.
what did that one do while he was seeking a godly seed? Be careful then to keep your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.
16For
Lit He hates
I hate
Lit sending away
divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and
Lit he covers
him who covers his garment with
Or violence
wrong,” says Yahweh of hosts. “Be careful then to keep your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

17You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

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