New American Standard Bible 1995

Malachi 2:1-9

1“And now this commandment is for you, O priests. 2If you do 1not 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 2curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have 3cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart. 3Behold, I am going to 4rebuke your 5offspring, and I will 6spread 7refuse on your faces, the 8refuse of your 9feasts; and you will be taken away 10with it. 4Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, 11that My 12covenant may 13continue with Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. 5“My covenant with him was one of life and 14peace, and I gave them to him as an object of 15reverence; so he 16 17revered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 18 19True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked 20with Me in peace and uprightness, and he 21turned many back from iniquity. 7For the lips of a priest should preserve 22knowledge, and 23men should 24seek 25instruction from his mouth; for he is the 26messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to 27stumble 28by the instruction; you have 29 30corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts. 9“So 31I also have made you despised and 32abased 33before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing 34partiality in the 35instruction.

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Notes

1. Malachi 2:2 Lev 26:14, 15; Deut 28:15 ↩
2. Malachi 2:2 Deut 28:16-20 ↩
3. Malachi 2:2 Mal 3:9 ↩
4. Malachi 2:3 Lev 26:16; Deut 28:38 ↩
5. Malachi 2:3 Lit seed ↩
6. Malachi 2:3 Nah 3:6 ↩
7. Malachi 2:3 Or vomit ↩
8. Malachi 2:3 Or vomit ↩
9. Malachi 2:3 Ex 29:14 ↩
10. Malachi 2:3 Lit to ↩
11. Malachi 2:4 Or to be My covenant with ↩
12. Malachi 2:4 Num 3:11-13, 45; 18:21; Neh 13:29; Mal 3:1 ↩
13. Malachi 2:4 Lit be ↩
14. Malachi 2:5 Num 25:12 ↩
15. Malachi 2:5 Or fear ↩
16. Malachi 2:5 Or feared ↩
17. Malachi 2:5 Num 25:7, 8, 13 ↩
18. Malachi 2:6 Or Law of truth ↩
19. Malachi 2:6 Ps 119:142, 151, 160 ↩
20. Malachi 2:6 Deut 33:8, 9; Ps 37:37 ↩
21. Malachi 2:6 Jer 23:22 ↩
22. Malachi 2:7 Lev 10:11; Neh 8:7 ↩
23. Malachi 2:7 Lit they ↩
24. Malachi 2:7 Num 27:21; Deut 17:8-11; Jer 18:18; Ezek 7:26 ↩
25. Malachi 2:7 Or law ↩
26. Malachi 2:7 Hag 1:13 ↩
27. Malachi 2:8 Jer 18:15 ↩
28. Malachi 2:8 Or in the law ↩
29. Malachi 2:8 Or violated ↩
30. Malachi 2:8 Num 25:12, 13; Neh 13:29; Ezek 44:10 ↩
31. Malachi 2:9 Nah 3:6 ↩
32. Malachi 2:9 Ezek 7:26 ↩
33. Malachi 2:9 Lit to ↩
34. Malachi 2:9 Deut 1:17; Mic 3:11 ↩
35. Malachi 2:9 Or law ↩

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