Mal 2:1-9 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ And now this commandment is for you, O priests .

Malachi 2:1-9

1 “And now this commandment is for you, O priests. 2 “If you do ^anot listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the ^bcurse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have ^ccursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart. 3 “Behold, I am going to ^drebuke your ^{▼▼ Lit seed}offspring, and I will ^fspread ^{▼▼ Or vomit}refuse on your faces, the ^{▼▼ Or vomit}refuse of your ⁱfeasts; and you will be taken away ^{▼▼ Lit to}with it. 4 “Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, ^{▼▼ Or to be My covenant with}that My ^lcovenant may ^{▼▼ Lit be}continue with Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. 5 “My covenant with him was one of life and ⁿpeace, and I gave them to him as an object of ^{▼▼ Or fear}reverence; so he ^{▼▼ Or feared
,} ^qrevered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 ^{▼▼ Or Law of truth
,} ^s“True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked ^twith Me in peace and uprightness, and he ^uturned many back from iniquity. 7 “For the lips of a priest should preserve ^vknowledge, and ^{▼▼ Lit they}men should ^xseek ^{▼▼ Or law}instruction from his mouth; for he is the ^zmessenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 “But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to ^aastumble ^{▼▼ Or in the law}by the instruction; you have ^{▼▼ Or violated
,} ^adcorrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. 9 “So ^aeI also have made you despised and ^afabased ^{▼▼ Lit to}before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing ^ahpartiality in the ^{▼▼ Or law}instruction.