Malachi 2:1-9
Priests to Be Disciplined
1 “And now, this commandment is for you, the priests. 2If you do anot listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “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. 3Behold, I am going to drebuke your ▼▼Lit seed
descendants, and I will fspread ▼▼Or vomit
dung on your faces, the ▼▼Or vomit
dung of your ifeasts; 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
so that My lcovenant may ▼▼Lit be
continue with Levi,” says the Lord of armies. 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 was in awe of My name. 6 ▼▼Or Law of truth
sTrue instruction was in his mouth and injustice was not found on his lips; he walked twith Me in peace and justice, and he uturned many back from wrongdoing. 7For the lips of a priest should maintain vknowledge, and people should wseek ▼▼Or the Law
instruction from his mouth; for he is the ymessenger of the Lord of armies. 8But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to zstumble ▼▼Or in the Law
by the instruction; you have abruined the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of armies. 9“So acI also have made you despised and of adlow reputation ▼▼Lit to
in the view of all the people, since you are not keeping My ways but are showing afpartiality in the ▼▼Or law
instruction.”
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