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Malachi 2:10 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 "Listen, you priests-- this command is for you!
2 Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
3 I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile.
4 Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites can continue," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
5 "The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.
6 They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.
7 "The words of a priest's lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
8 But you priests have left God's paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
9 "So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out my instructions."
10 Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
11 Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the LORD's beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.
12 May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
13 Here is another thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he pays no attention to your offerings and doesn't accept them with pleasure.
14 You cry out, "Why doesn't the LORD accept my worship?" I'll tell you why! Because the LORD witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.
15 Didn't the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.
16 "For I hate divorce!" says the LORD, the God of Israel. "To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty, " says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife."
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words."How have we wearied him?" you ask.You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD's sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"
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 ?
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