TSK · Malachi 2:8

And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people to transgress.

And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] unto all your abominations.

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity.

A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby thy brother stumbleth.