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Malachi 2

Priests to Be Disciplined

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  arebuke your  1offspring, and I will  bspread  2refuse on your faces, the  2refuse of your  cfeasts; and you will be taken away  3with it.

4

"Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you,  1that My  acovenant may  2continue with Levi," says the LORD of hosts.

5

"My covenant with him was one of life and  apeace, and I gave them to him as an object of  1reverence; so he  2 brevered Me and stood in awe of My name.

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1 aTrue instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked  bwith Me in peace and uprightness, and he  cturned many back from iniquity.

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"For the lips of a priest should preserve  aknowledge, and  1men should  bseek  2instruction from his mouth; for he is the  cmessenger of the LORD of hosts.

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"But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to  astumble  1by the instruction; you have  2 bcorrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts.

9

"So  aI also have made you despised and  babased  1before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing  cpartiality in the  2instruction.

Sin in the Family

10

"Do we not all have  aone father?  bHas not one God created us? Why do we deal  ctreacherously each against his brother so as to profane the  dcovenant of our fathers?

11

"Judah has dealt  atreacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has  bprofaned the sanctuary of the LORD  1which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

12

"As for the man who does this, may the  aLORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers, or who  bpresents  1an offering to the LORD of hosts.

13

"This is  1another thing you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He  ano longer regards the  2offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

14

"Yet you say, `For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the  awife of your youth, against whom you have dealt  btreacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

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1But not one has  adone so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And  2what did that one do while he was seeking a  bgodly  3offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal  ctreacherously against the wife of your youth.

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"For  1I hate  2 adivorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and  3him who covers his garment with  4 bwrong," says the LORD of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously."

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You have  awearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?" In that you say, " bEveryone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He  cdelights in them," or, " dWhere is the God of  ejustice?"



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