Revised Version 1895

Malachi 2:10-16

10HaveweH3605notהֲל֨וֹאha.Lo'H3808allH3605onefatherאָ֤ב'avH1? hathnotהֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'H3808oneGodאֵ֥ל'elH410createdבְּרָאָ֑נוּbe.ra.'A.nuH1254us?whyמַדּ֗וּעַma.Du.a'H4069doH3605weH3605dealנִבְגַּד֙niv.GadH898treacherouslyH898everyH3605manH376againstH376hisbrotherבְּאָחִ֔יוbe.'a.ChivH251,profaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490thecovenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of ourfathersאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃'a.vo.Tei.nuH1?

11Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063hathdealtH898treacherouslyבָּגְדָ֣הba.ge.DahH898, and anabominationוְתוֹעֵבָ֛הve.to.'e.VahH8441iscommittedנֶעֶשְׂתָ֥הne.'es.TahH6213inIsraelבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478and inJerusalemוּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389; forJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063hathprofanedחִלֵּ֣לchi.LelH2490theholinessקֹ֤דֶשׁKo.deshH6944of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he loveth, and hathmarriedוּבָעַ֖לu.va.'AlH1166thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of astrangeנֵכָֽר׃ne.KharH5236godאֵ֥ל'elH410.

12TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068willcutיַכְרֵ֨תyakh.RetH3772offH3772to themanH376that doeth this him that waketh and him that answereth,outH376of thetentsמֵאָהֳלֵ֖יme.'o.ho.LeiH168ofJacobיַֽעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, and him that offereth an offering unto theLORDלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otH6635.

13And thisagainH5750yedoתַּֽעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.SuH6213: yecoverכַּסּ֤וֹתka.SotH3680thealtarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068withtearsדִּמְעָה֙dim.'AhH1832, withweepingבְּכִ֖יbe.KhiH1065, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardethnotH369the offeringanyH5750moreH5750,neitherH369receiveth it withgoodרָצ֖וֹןra.TzonH7522will at yourhandמִיֶּדְכֶֽם׃mi.yed.KhemH3027.

14Yet yesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559, Wherefore?BecauseH3588theLORDיְהוָה֩Yah.wehH3068hath been witnessbetweenH996thee and thewifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802of thyyouthנְעוּרֶ֗יךָne.'u.Rei.khaH5271,againstH5921whomאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834thou hastdealtבָּגַ֣דְתָּהba.Gad.tahH898treacherouslyH898,thoughH3588sheוְהִ֥יאve.Hi'H1931is thycompanionחֲבֶרְתְּךָ֖cha.ver.te.KhaH2278, and thewifeוְאֵ֥שֶׁתve.'E.shetH802of thycovenantבְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃be.ri.Te.khaH1285.

15AnddidH6213henotH3808makeH6213one,althoughH3808he had the residue of thespiritר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307? And wherefore one? Hesoughtמְבַקֵּ֖שׁme.va.KeshH1245agodlyאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430seedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233. Thereforetakeוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ve.nish.mar.TemH8104heedH8104to yourspiritבְּר֣וּחֲכֶ֔םbe.Ru.cha.KhemH7307, andletאַל־'al-H408noneH3808dealיִבְגֹּֽד׃yiv.GodH898treacherouslyH898againstH8104thewifeוּבְאֵ֥שֶׁתu.ve.'E.shetH802of hisyouthנְעוּרֶ֖יךָne.'u.Rei.khaH5271.

16For Ihateשָׂנֵ֣אsa.Ne'H8130puttingH7971awayשַׁלַּ֗חsha.LachH7971, saith theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and him that covereth hisgarmentלְבוּשׁ֔וֹle.vu.ShoH3830withviolenceחָמָס֙cha.MasH2555, saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635: thereforetakeוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םve.nish.mar.TemH8104heedH8104to yourspiritבְּרוּחֲכֶ֖םbe.ru.cha.KhemH7307, that yedealH898notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808treacherouslyתִבְגֹּֽדוּ׃ סtiv.Go.duH898.

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