New American Standard Bible 1995
Malachi 2:1-4
1“And nowH6258 thisH2088 commandmentH4687 is for you, O priestsH3548.
2IfH518 you do 1not listenH8085, and ifH518 you do not takeH7760 it to heartH3820 to giveH5414 honorH3519 to My nameH8034,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, “then I will sendH7971 the 2curseH3994 upon you and I will curseH779 your blessingsH1293; and indeedH1571, I have 3cursedH779 them already, becauseH3588 you are not takingH7760 it to heartH3820.
3BeholdH2009, I am going to 4rebukeH1605 your 5offspringH2233, and I will 6spreadH2219 7refuseH6569 on your facesH6440, the 8refuseH6569 of your 9feastsH2282; and you will be takenH5375 away 10with it.
4Then you will knowH3045 that I have sentH7971 thisH2088 commandmentH4687 to you, 11that My 12covenantH1285 may 13continueH1961 with LeviH3878,” saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635.
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 ↩
Commentaries on Malachi 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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