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Malachi 2:8 (KJV) King James Version

1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
1 And now H6258 W-ADV , O ye priests H3548 , this H2063 D-DFS commandment H4687 is for H413 you .
2 If H518 PART ye will not H3808 NADV hear H8085 , and if H518 PART ye will not H3808 NADV lay H7760 it to H5921 PREP heart H3820 NMS , to give H5414 L-VQFC glory H3519 unto my name H8034 , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , I will even send H7971 a curse H3994 upon you , and I will curse H779 your blessings H1293 : yea H1571 W-CONJ , I have cursed H779 them already , because H3588 CONJ ye do not H369 lay H7760 it to H5921 PREP heart H3820 NMS .
3 Behold H2009 , I will corrupt H1605 your seed H2233 , and spread H2219 dung H6569 upon H5921 PREP your faces H6440 CMP-2MP , even the dung H6569 of your solemn feasts H2282 ; and one shall take you away H5375 with H413 it .
4 And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 CONJ I have sent H7971 this H2063 D-DFS commandment H4687 unto H413 you , that my covenant H1285 B-CFS-1MS might be H1961 L-VQFC with H854 PREP Levi H3878 , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
5 My covenant H1285 B-CFS-1MS was H1961 VQQ3FS with H854 PREP-3MS him of life H2416 D-NMP and peace H7965 ; and I gave H5414 them to him for the fear H4172 wherewith he feared H3372 me , and was afraid H2865 before H6440 my name H8034 .
6 The law H8451 CFS of truth H571 CFS was H1961 VQQ3FS in his mouth H6310 , and iniquity H5766 was not H3808 NADV found H4672 VNQ3MS in his lips H8193 : he walked H1980 VQQ3MS with H854 PREP-1MS me in peace H7965 and equity H4334 , and did turn many away H7725 VHQ3MS from iniquity H5771 .
7 For H3588 CONJ the priest H3548 NMS \'s lips H8193 should keep H8104 knowledge H1847 NFS , and they should seek H1245 the law H8451 at his mouth H6310 : for H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS is the messenger H4397 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS of hosts H6635 .
8 But ye H859 W-PPRO-2MP are departed H5493 out of H4480 PREP the way H1870 D-NMS ; ye have caused many to stumble H3782 at the law H8451 ; ye have corrupted H7843 the covenant H1285 NFS of Levi H3878 , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
9 Therefore have I H589 PPRO-1MS also H1571 W-CONJ made H5414 VQQ1MS you contemptible H959 and base H8217 before all H3605 L-CMS the people H5971 , according as K-CMS ye have not H369 kept H8104 my ways H1870 NMP-1MS , but have been partial H5375 in the law H8451 .
10 Have we not H3808 D-NPAR all H3605 one H259 MMS father H1 NMS ? hath not H3808 D-NPAR one H259 God H410 EDS created H1254 us ? why H4069 IPRO do we deal treacherously H898 every man H376 NMS against his brother H251 , by profaning H2490 the covenant H1285 NFS 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 H3588 CONJ Judah H3063 hath profaned H2490 the holiness H6944 of the LORD H3068 EDS which H834 RPRO he loved H157 , and hath married H1166 the daughter H1323 CFS of a strange H5236 god H410 EDS .
12 The LORD H3068 EDS will cut off H3772 the man H376 LD-NMS that H834 RPRO doeth H6213 this , the master H5782 and the scholar H6030 , out of the tabernacles H168 of Jacob H3290 , and him that offereth H5066 an offering H4503 NFS unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS of hosts H6635 .
13 And this H2063 have ye done H6213 again H8145 CFS , covering H3680 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 EDS with tears H1832 , with weeping H1065 , and with crying out H603 , insomuch that he regardeth H6437 not H369 the offering H4503 any more H5750 ADV , or receiveth H3947 it with good will H7522 at your hand H3027 .
14 Yet ye say H559 , Wherefore H4100 IGAT ? Because H5921 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS hath been witness H5749 between H996 W-PREP thee and the wife H802 CFS of thy youth H5271 , against whom H834 RPRO thou H859 PPRO-2MS hast dealt treacherously H898 : yet is she H1931 thy companion H2278 , and the wife H802 W-CFS of thy covenant H1285 .
15 And did not H3808 W-NPAR he make H6213 VQQ3MS one H259 MMS ? Yet had he the residue H7605 of the spirit H7307 NFS . And wherefore H4100 W-IGAT one H259 D-AMS ? That he might seek H1245 a godly H430 EDP seed H2233 NMS . Therefore take heed H8104 to your spirit H7307 NFS , and let none H408 NPAR deal treacherously H898 against the wife H802 of his youth H5271 .
16 For H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS , the God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 , saith H559 VQQ3MS that he hateth H8130 putting away H7971 VPFC : for one covereth H3680 violence H2555 AMS with H5921 PREP his garment H3830 CMS-3MS , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 : therefore take heed H8104 to your spirit H7307 , that ye deal not treacherously H898 .
17 Ye have wearied H3021 the LORD H3068 EDS with your words H1697 . Yet ye say H559 , Wherein H4100 have we wearied H3021 him ? When ye say H559 , Every one H3605 NMS that doeth H6213 evil H7451 AMS is good H2896 AMS in the sight H5869 B-CMP of the LORD H3068 EDS , and he H1931 PPRO-3MS delighteth H2654 in them ; or H176 CONJ , Where H346 IGAT is the God H430 CDP of judgment H4941 ?