Malachi 2:9
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Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.

Deuteronomy 1:17
There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.

1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised.

Ezekiel 7:26
Trouble shall come upon trouble, and rumour upon rumour, and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Micah 3:11
You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Nahum 3:6
And I will cast abominations upon thee, and will disgrace thee, and will make an example of thee.

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Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.

made.

Malachi 2:3 Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and will scatter upon your face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it.

1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised.

Proverbs 10:7 The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

Daniel 12:2,3 And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always. . . .

Micah 3:6,7 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him. . . .

before.

1 Kings 22:28 And Micheas said: If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said: Hear, all ye people.

Jeremiah 28:15,16 And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananias the prophet: Hear now, Hananias: the Lord hath not sent thee, and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie. . . .

Jeremiah 29:20-22,31,32 Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent out from Jerusalem to Babylon. . . .

Ezekiel 13:12-16,21 Behold, when the wall is fallen: shall it not be said to you: Where is the daubing wherewith you have daubed it? . . .

Mark 7:13,14 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do. . . .

Luke 20:45-47 And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples: . . .

but.

Malachi 2:8 But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 5:21,22,27,28,33-37,43,44 You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. . . .

Matthew 19:17,18 Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. . . .

Matthew 23:16-24 Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple is a debtor. . . .

Mark 7:8-13 For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these. . . .

Luke 10:29 But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?

Luke 11:42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Romans 7:7-10 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid! But I do not know sin, but by the law. For I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet. . . .

have been partial in.

Deuteronomy 1:17 There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.

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Galatians 2:6 But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man): for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.

Context
A Warning to Priests
8But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 9Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.
Lexicon
“So I
אֲנִ֞י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

in turn
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

have made
נָתַ֧תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you despised
נִבְזִ֥ים (niḇ·zîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 959: To disesteem

and humiliated
וּשְׁפָלִ֖ים (ū·šə·p̄ā·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8217: Depressed

before all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people,
הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

because
כְּפִ֗י (kə·p̄î)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

you have not
אֵֽינְכֶם֙ (’ê·nə·ḵem)
Adverb | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

kept
שֹׁמְרִ֣ים (šō·mə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

My ways,
דְּרָכַ֔י (də·rā·ḵay)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

but have shown partiality
וְנֹשְׂאִ֥ים (wə·nō·śə·’îm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

in matters of the law.”
בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃ (bat·tō·w·rāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law


Additional Translations
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

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 I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in [administering] the law.

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.

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.

"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.
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