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Malachi 2

1And now, O yepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ha.ko.ha.NimH3548, thiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֥הha.mitz.VahH4687is for you.

2If ye will nothearתִשְׁמְע֡וּtish.me.'UH8085, and if ye will notlayתָשִׂ֨ימוּta.Si.muH7760it toheartלֵ֜בlevH3820, togiveלָתֵ֧תla.TetH5414gloryכָּב֣וֹדka.VodH3519to mynameלִשְׁמִ֗יlish.MiH8034,saithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, I will evensendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤יve.shi.lach.TiH7971acurseהַמְּאֵרָ֔הha.me.'e.RahH3994upon you, and I willcurseוְאָרוֹתִ֖יve.'a.ro.TiH779yourblessingsבִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םbir.kho.tei.KhemH1293: yea, I havecursedאָרוֹתִ֔יהָ'a.ro.Ti.haH779them already, because ye do notlayשָׂמִ֥יםsa.MimH7760it toheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.

3Behold, I willcorruptגֹעֵ֤רgo.'ErH1605yourseedהַזֶּ֔רַעha.Ze.ra'H2233, andspreadוְזֵרִ֤יתִיve.ze.Ri.tiH2219dungפֶ֙רֶשׁ֙fe.reshH6569upon yourfacesפְּנֵיכֶ֔םpe.nei.KhemH6440, even thedungפֶּ֖רֶשׁPe.reshH6569of your solemnfeastsחַגֵּיכֶ֑םcha.gei.KhemH2282; and one shall take youawayוְנָשָׂ֥אve.na.Sa'H5375with it.

4And ye shallknowוִֽידַעְתֶּ֕םvi.da'.TemH3045that I havesentשִׁלַּ֣חְתִּיshi.Lach.tiH7971thiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687to you, that mycovenantבְּרִיתִי֙be.ri.TiH1285might be withLeviלֵוִ֔יle.ViH3878,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

5Mycovenantבְּרִיתִ֣י׀be.ri.TiH1285was with him oflifeהַֽחַיִּים֙ha.chai.YimH2416andpeaceוְהַ֨שָּׁל֔וֹםve.Ha.sha.LomH7965; and Igaveוָאֶתְּנֵֽם־va.'e.te.nem-H5414them to him for thefearמוֹרָ֖אmo.Ra'H4172which hefearedוַיִּֽירָאֵ֑נִיvai.yi.ra.'E.niH3372me, and wasafraidנִחַ֥תni.ChatH2865beforeוּמִפְּנֵ֥יu.mi.pe.NeiH6440mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034.

6Thelawתּוֹרַ֤תto.RatH8451oftruthאֱמֶת֙'e.MetH571was in hismouthבְּפִ֔יהוּbe.Fi.huH6310, andiniquityוְעַוְלָ֖הve.'av.LahH5766was notfoundנִמְצָ֣אnim.Tza'H4672in hislipsבִשְׂפָתָ֑יוvis.fa.TavH8193: hewalkedהָלַ֣ךְha.LakhH1980with me inpeaceבְּשָׁל֤וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965andequityוּבְמִישׁוֹר֙u.ve.mi.shOrH4334, andturnedH7725manyוְרַבִּ֖יםve.ra.BimH7227awayהֵשִׁ֥יבhe.ShivH7725frominiquityמֵעָוֹֽן׃me.'a.VonH5771.

7For thepriest’sכֹהֵן֙kho.HenH3548lipsשִׂפְתֵ֤יsif.TeiH8193shouldkeepיִשְׁמְרוּ־yish.me.ru-H8104knowledgeדַ֔עַתDa.'atH1847, and they shouldseekיְבַקְשׁ֣וּye.vak.ShuH1245thelawוְתוֹרָ֖הve.to.RahH8451at hismouthמִפִּ֑יהוּmi.Pi.huH6310: for he is themessengerמַלְאַ֥ךְmal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָֽה־Yah.weh-H3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635.

8But ye havedepartedסַרְתֶּ֣םsar.TemH5493out of thewayהַדֶּ֔רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870; ye have causedmanyרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227tostumbleהִכְשַׁלְתֶּ֥םhikh.shal.TemH3782at thelawבַּתּוֹרָ֑הba.to.RahH8451; ye havecorruptedשִֽׁחַתֶּם֙shi.cha.TemH7843thecovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285ofLeviהַלֵּוִ֔יha.le.ViH3878,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

9Therefore have I alsomadeנָתַ֧תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414youcontemptibleנִבְזִ֥יםniv.ZimH959andbaseוּשְׁפָלִ֖יםu.she.fa.LimH8217before all thepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,accordingכְּפִ֗יke.FiH6310as ye have notkeptשֹׁמְרִ֣יםsho.me.RimH8104mywaysדְּרָכַ֔יde.ra.KhaiH1870, but have beenpartialוְנֹשְׂאִ֥ים פָּנִ֖יםve.no.se.'Im pa.NimH5375 H6440in thelawבַּתּוֹרָֽה׃ פba.to.RahH8451.

10Have we not alloneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259fatherאָ֤ב'avH1? hath notoneאֶֽחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259Godאֵ֥ל'elH410createdבְּרָאָ֑נוּbe.ra.'A.nuH1254us? why do we dealtreacherouslyנִבְגַּד֙niv.GadH898everymanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376against hisbrotherבְּאָחִ֔יוbe.'a.ChivH251, byprofaningלְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.LelH2490thecovenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of ourfathersאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃'a.vo.Tei.nuH1?

11Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063hath dealttreacherouslyבָּגְדָ֣הba.ge.DahH898, and anabominationוְתוֹעֵבָ֛הve.to.'e.VahH8441iscommittedנֶעֶשְׂתָ֥הne.'es.TahH6213inIsraelבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478and inJerusalemוּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389; forJudahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063hathprofanedחִלֵּ֣לchi.LelH2490theholinessקֹ֤דֶשׁKo.deshH6944of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068whom helovedאָהֵ֔ב'a.HevH157, and hathmarriedוּבָעַ֖לu.va.'AlH1166thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of aforeignנֵכָֽר׃ne.KharH5236godאֵ֥ל'elH410.

12TheLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068will cutoffיַכְרֵ֨תyakh.RetH3772themanלָאִ֨ישׁla.'IshH376thatdoethיַעֲשֶׂ֙נָּה֙ya.'a.Se.nahH6213this, themasterעֵ֣ר'erH5782and thescholarוְעֹנֶ֔הve.'o.NehH6030, out of thetabernaclesמֵאָהֳלֵ֖יme.'o.ho.LeiH168ofJacobיַֽעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, and him thatofferethוּמַגִּ֣ישׁu.ma.GishH5066anofferingמִנְחָ֔הmin.ChahH4503to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃ פtze.va.'otH6635.

13And this have yedoneתַּֽעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.SuH6213againשֵׁנִ֣יתshe.NitH8145,coveringכַּסּ֤וֹתka.SotH3680thealtarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068withtearsדִּמְעָה֙dim.'AhH1832, withweepingבְּכִ֖יbe.KhiH1065, and with cryingoutוַֽאֲנָקָ֑הva.'a.na.KahH603, insomuch that heregardethפְּנוֹת֙pe.nOtH6437not theofferingהַמִּנְחָ֔הha.min.ChahH4503any more, orreceivethוְלָקַ֥חַתve.la.Ka.chatH3947it with goodwillרָצ֖וֹןra.TzonH7522at yourhandמִיֶּדְכֶֽם׃mi.yed.KhemH3027.

14Yet yesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559,Whyמָ֑הMahH4100? Because theLORDיְהוָה֩Yah.wehH3068hath beenwitnessהֵעִ֨ידhe.'IdH5749between thee and thewifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802of thyyouthנְעוּרֶ֗יךָne.'u.Rei.khaH5271, against whom thou hast dealttreacherouslyבָּגַ֣דְתָּהba.Gad.tahH898: yet is she thycompanionחֲבֶרְתְּךָ֖cha.ver.te.KhaH2278, and thewifeוְאֵ֥שֶׁתve.'E.shetH802of thycovenantבְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃be.ri.Te.khaH1285.

15And did he notmakeעָשָׂ֗ה'a.SahH6213oneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259? Yet had he theremnantוּשְׁאָ֥רu.she.'ArH7605of thespiritר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307. And whyoneהָֽאֶחָ֔דha.'e.ChadH259? That he mightseekמְבַקֵּ֖שׁme.va.KeshH1245agodlyאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430seedזֶ֣רַעZe.ra'H2233. Therefore takeheedוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ve.nish.mar.TemH8104to yourspiritבְּר֣וּחֲכֶ֔םbe.Ru.cha.KhemH7307, and let none dealtreacherouslyיִבְגֹּֽד׃yiv.GodH898against thewifeוּבְאֵ֥שֶׁתu.ve.'E.shetH802of hisyouthנְעוּרֶ֖יךָne.'u.Rei.khaH5271.

16For theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,saithאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559that hehatethשָׂנֵ֣אsa.Ne'H8130puttingawayשַׁלַּ֗חsha.LachH7971: for onecoverethוְכִסָּ֤הve.khi.SahH3680violenceחָמָס֙cha.MasH2555with hisgarmentלְבוּשׁ֔וֹle.vu.ShoH3830,saithאָמַ֖ר'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635: therefore takeheedוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥םve.nish.mar.TemH8104to yourspiritבְּרוּחֲכֶ֖םbe.ru.cha.KhemH7307, that ye deal nottreacherouslyתִבְגֹּֽדוּ׃ סtiv.Go.duH898.

17Ye haveweariedהוֹגַעְתֶּ֤םho.ga'.TemH3021theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068with yourwordsבְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔םbe.div.rei.KhemH1697. Yet yesayוַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.TemH559, How have weweariedהוֹגָ֑עְנוּho.Ga.'e.nuH3021him ? When yesayבֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗םbe.'e.ma.re.KhemH559, Every one thatdoethעֹ֨שֵׂה'O.sehH6213evilרָ֜עra'H7451isgoodט֣וֹב׀TovH2896in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, and hedelightethחָפֵ֔ץcha.FetzH2654in them; or, Where is theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofjudgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ha.mish.PatH4941?

Commentaries on Malachi 2

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