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Malachi, 2

1. This warning is also for you, priests. If you do not listen to it

2. or concern yourself to glorify my Name, says Yahweh of hosts, I will send the curse on you and curse even your blessings.

3. I will curse you for none of you takes his ministry seriously. Right now, I am going to break your arm, throw dung in your face, the very dung of your animals, and sweep you away with them.

4. And you will realize that it was I who threatened to put an end to my covenant with Levi, your ancestor, says Yahweh.

5. My covenant with him spoke of life and peace, and I gave him these; it also spoke of respect and he respected me and reverenced my Name.

6. His mouth taught the true doctrine and nothing evil came from his lips; he walked in accord with me, being peaceful and upright, and brought back many people from their wickedness.

7. The lips of the priest speak of knowledge, and the Law must be found in his mouth, since he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.

8. But you, says Yahweh of hosts, have strayed from my way, and moreover caused many to stumble because of your teaching. You have broken my covenant with Levi.

9. Therefore I let all the people despise you and consider you unworthy, because you do not follow my ways and you show partiality in your judgments.

10. Do we not all have the same father? Has the same God not created all of us? Why, then, does each of us betray his brother, defiling the Covenant of our ancestors?

11. Judah has been unfaithful, a grave sin has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem: the people of Judah have defiled the sacred inheritance of Yahweh by loving and marrying the daughters of a foreign god.

12. Let whoever does this be cut off from the homeland of Jacob and let there be no one to defend him in the tribunal or present an offering for him to Yahweh.

13. You also commit another offense. As Yahweh refuses to look at your offerings and does not take them into account, you come weeping and wailing and cover the altar with tears.

14. And then you ask: "Why?" It is because Yahweh has seen how you dealt with your first wife, the wife of your youth. You betrayed her although she was your companion with whom you made a covenant.

15. Has God not made a single being and given him breath? And what does he seek but a family given by God? Do not betray, then, the wife of your youth.

16. I hate divorce, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, and those who are actually covering their violence. Be very careful, and do not betray.

17. You annoy Yahweh with your discourses and you dare say: "How did we annoy him?" You annoy him whenever you say that Yahweh looks favorably on those who do evil, and lets everything go well with them, or when you ask: "Where is the God who does justice?"

Verses related to Malachi, 2:

Malachi 2 talks about the rebuke of the priests who failed to maintain the covenant with God and violated his holiness. The chapter begins with a rebuke to priests who do not honor the name of God and offer impure sacrifices. Then he talks about God's covenant with Levi, the priest, and how it was violated by the priests of the time. The chapter ends with a warning about the importance of covenant and fear of God. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in Malachi 2, in order of proximity:

Isaiah 24:5: "In fact, the earth is contaminated because of its residents, because they transgress the laws, change the statutes, and break the eternal covenant." This verse talks about how the earth is contaminated due to the transgression of the laws and the violation of the covenant. He relates to rebuke to priests who offer unclean sacrifices in Malachi 2.

Deuteronomy 33:8: "And Levi said, Thy tumin and your Urim are with your holy man, whom you proved in Massá, and with whom you have contested in the waters of Meribá." This verse talks about God's covenant with Levi, the priest. He relates to the discussion about the violation of the covenant in Malachi 2.

Jeremiah 18:7-8: "In an instant I will speak, about a nation, and about a kingdom, to tear, and to overthrow, and to destroy. If that nation, against which to speak, convert from its wickedness, too, too I will regret the evil I thought to do to him. " This verse talks about how God can change his mind and show mercy if a nation repents. He relates to the warning about the importance of covenant and fear of God in Malachi 2.

Nehemiah 13:29: "Remember, my God, which contaminated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites." This verse talks about the contamination of the priesthood and the covenant with God by the priests and Levites of the time. He relates to rebuke to priests who violated the covenant in Malachi 2.

Proverbs 1:7: "The fear of the Lord is the principle of wisdom; the madmen despise wisdom and instruction." This verse talks about the importance of fear of God and how it is the principle of wisdom. He relates to the warning about the importance of covenant and fear of God in Malachi 2.





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