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Malachi 2

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 4

1 And now, O priests, this command is to you.

2 If you will not hear, and if you will not set it on your heart to give glory to My name, says Jehovah of Hosts, even I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed it, because you are not setting it on your heart.

3 Behold, I am rebuking your seed, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung of your solemn feasts; and one will lift you up to it.

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Chapter Summary

He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant, and the people for idolatry.

Key Hebrew Words

בְּרִית covenant H1285 · TWOT 282a
בָּגַד act treacherously H898 · TWOT 198
תּוֹרָה Law H8451 · TWOT 910d
כֹּהֵן priest H3548 · TWOT 959a
שָׁלוֹם peace H7965 · TWOT 2401a
אִשָּׁה wife H802 · TWOT 137a

People & Context

Levi

The priestly patriarch with whom Jehovah's covenant of life and peace was made, now corrupted by the priests

Judah

Has dealt treacherously, profaning Jehovah's holy place and marrying the daughter of a foreign god

Jacob

Ancestor of Israel; from his tents Jehovah will cut off the man who does this treachery

Timeline

Curse on the Corrupt Priests

Jehovah commands the priests to give glory to His name, threatening to curse their blessings and spread dung on their faces because they have corrupted the covenant of life and peace made with Levi,.

Malachi 2:1-8
Treachery and Unfaithfulness

The people act deceitfully by marrying daughters of a foreign god and polluting the holy place. They also betray the wives of their youth, covering the altar with weeping and groaning, despite God's hatred for divorce and violence,.

Malachi 2:10-16

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