Malachi 2

1 ♥ 📝 A nd now, O ye priests,^H3548 this commandment^H4687 is for you.

2 ♥ 📝 If ye will not hear,^H8085 and if ye will not lay^H7760 it to heart,^H3820 to give^H5414 glory^H3519 unto my name,^H8034 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 then will I send^H7971 the curse^H3994 upon you, and I will curse^H779 your blessings;^H1293 yea, I have cursed^H779 them already, because ye do not lay^H7760 it to heart.^H3820

3 ♥ 📝 Behold, I will rebuke^H1605 your seed,^H2233 and will spread^H2219 dung^H6569 upon your faces,^H6440 even the dung^H6569 of your feasts;^H2282 and ye shall be taken away^H5375 with it.

4 ♥ 📝 And ye shall know^H3045 that I have sent^H7971 this commandment^H4687 unto you, that my covenant^H1285 may be with Levi,^H3878 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

5 ♥ 📝 My covenant^H1285 was with him of life^H2416 and peace;^H7965 and I gave^H5414 them to him that he might fear;^H4172 and he feared^H3372 me, and stood^H6440 in awe^H2865 of my name.^H8034

6 ♥ 📝 The law^H8451 of truth^H571 was in his mouth,^H6310 and unrighteousness^H5766 was not found^H4672 in his lips:^H8193 he walked^H1980 with me in peace^H7965 and uprightness,^H4334 and turned^H7725 many^H7227 away^H7725 from iniquity.^H5771

7 ♥ 📝 For the priest's^H3548 lips^H8193 should keep^H8104 knowledge,^H1847 and they should seek^H1245 the law^H8451 at his mouth;^H6310 for he is the messenger^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

8 ♥ 📝 But ye are turned^H5493 aside out of the way;^H1870 ye have caused many^H7227 to stumble^H3782 in the law;^H8451 ye have corrupted^H7843 the covenant^H1285 of Levi,^H3878 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

9 ♥ 📝 Therefore have I also made^H5414 you contemptible^H959 and base^H8217 before all the people,^H5971 according^H6310 as ye have not kept^H8104 my ways,^H1870 but have had respect^H5375 of persons in the law.^H8451

10 ♥ 📝 Have we not all one^H259 father?^H1 hath not one^H259 God^H410 created^H1254 us? why do we deal treacherously^H898 every man^H376 against his brother,^H251 profaning^H2490 the covenant^H1285 of our fathers?^H1

11 ♥ 📝 Judah^H3063 hath dealt treacherously,^H898 and an abomination^H8441 is committed^H6213 in Israel^H3478 and in Jerusalem;^H3389 for Judah^H3063 hath profaned^H2490 the holiness^H6944 of Jehovah^H3068 which he loveth,^H157 and hath married^H1166 the daughter^H1323 of a foreign^H5236 god.^H410

12 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 will cut off,^H3772 to the man^H376 that doeth^H6213 this, him that waketh^H5782 and him that answereth,^H6030 out of the tents^H168 of Jacob,^H3290 and him that offereth^H5066 an offering^H4503 unto Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

13 ♥ 📝 And this again^H8145 ye do:^H6213 ye cover^H3680 the altar^H4196 of Jehovah^H3068 with tears,^H1832 with weeping,^H1065 and with sighing,^H603 insomuch that he regardeth^H6437 not the offering^H4503 any more, neither receiveth^H3947 it with good will^H7522 at your hand.^H3027

14 ♥ 📝 Yet ye say,^H559 Wherefore?^H4100 Because Jehovah^H3068 hath been witness^H5749 between thee and the wife^H802 of thy youth,^H5271 against whom thou hast dealt treacherously,^H898 though she is thy companion,^H2278 and the wife^H802 of thy covenant.^H1285

15 ♥ 📝 And did he not make^H6213 one,^H259 although he had the residue^H7605 of the Spirit?^H7307 And wherefore one?^H259 He sought^H1245 a godly^H430 seed.^H2233 Therefore take heed^H8104 to your spirit,^H7307 and let none deal treacherously^H898 against the wife^H802 of his youth.^H5271

16 ♥ 📝 For I hate^H8130 putting away,^H7971 saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 and him that covereth^H3680 his garment^H3830 with violence,^H2555 saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts:^H6635 therefore take heed^H8104 to your spirit,^H7307 that ye deal not treacherously.^H898

17 ♥ 📝 Ye have wearied^H3021 Jehovah^H3068 with your words.^H1697 Yet ye say,^H559 Wherein have we wearied^H3021 him? In that ye say,^H559 Every one that doeth^H6213 evil^H7451 is good^H2896 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah,^H3068 and he delighteth^H2654 in them; or where is the God^H430 of justice?^H4941