Mal 2:1-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | “And now , this commandment is for you, the priests .

Malachi 2:1-9

Priests to Be Disciplined

1 “And now, this commandment is for you, the 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 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. 3 Behold, 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. 4 Then 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. 7 For 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. 8 But 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.”