Malachi 2:2
New International Version
If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

Berean Standard Bible
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

Berean Literal Bible
If you⁺ do not listen and if you⁺ do not set it upon the heart to give glory to My name,” says YHWH of Hosts, “Then I will send upon you⁺ the curse, and I will curse your⁺ blessings; indeed already I have cursed them, because there is none of you⁺ setting it upon the heart.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
If you will not hear, And if you will not take it to heart, To give glory to My name,” Says the LORD of hosts, “I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, Because you do not take it to heart.

New American Standard Bible
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the LORD of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

NASB 1995
“If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the LORD of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

NASB 1977
“If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the LORD of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

Legacy Standard Bible
If you do not listen, and if you do not set it upon your heart to give honor to My name,” says Yahweh of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already because you are not setting it upon your heart.

Amplified Bible
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.

Berean Annotated Bible
If you⁺ do not listen, and if you⁺ do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you⁺, and I will curse your⁺ blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you⁺ are not taking it to heart.

Christian Standard Bible
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the LORD of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.”

American Standard Version
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Contemporary English Version
You had better take seriously the need to honor my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

English Revised Version
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, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you won't listen and if you won't consider giving honor to my name," says the LORD of Armies, "then I'll send a curse on you, and I'll curse the blessings you give. Yes, I've already cursed them because you don't carefully consider this.

Good News Translation
You must honor me by what you do. If you will not listen to what I say, then I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. In fact, I have already put a curse on them, because you do not take my command seriously.

International Standard Version
"If you don't listen, and if you don't choose to give honor to my name," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "then I'll curse both you and your blessings. I've even cursed them already, because none of you are taking it to heart.

NET Bible
If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the LORD who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses--indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

New Heart English Bible
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the LORD of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

Webster's Bible Translation
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.

World English Bible
If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
If you do not listen, and if you do not lay [it] to heart, "" To give glory to My Name,” said YHWH of Hosts, "" “I have sent the curse against you, "" And I have cursed your blessings, "" Indeed, I have also cursed it, "" Because you are not laying [it] to heart.

Berean Literal Bible
If you⁺ do not listen and if you⁺ do not set it upon the heart to give glory to My name,” says YHWH of Hosts, “Then I will send upon you⁺ the curse, and I will curse your⁺ blessings; indeed already I have cursed them, because there is none of you⁺ setting it upon the heart.

Young's Literal Translation
If ye hearken not, and if ye lay it not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying it to heart.

Smith's Literal Translation
If ye will not hear and if ye will not set upon your heart to give honor to my name, said Jehovah of armies, and I sent a curse upon you, and I cursed your blessings, and also I cursed it for your not setting upon the heart.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you, and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have not laid it to heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version
If you will refuse to listen, and if you will refuse to take it to heart, so as to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I will curse them. For you have not taken it to heart.

New American Bible
And if you do not take to heart giving honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will send a curse upon you and your blessing I will curse. In fact, I have already cursed it, because you do not take it to heart.

New Revised Standard Version
If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse on you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
If you will not obey, and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will send curses upon you, and I will curse your blessings because you have not laid it to your heart.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
If you will not hear and if you will not set in your heart to give honor to my name, says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, I shall send against you a curse and I shall curse your blessings, because you are not laying it into your heart
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory unto My name, Saith the LORD of hosts, Then will I send the curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings; Yea, I curse them, Because ye do not lay it to heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yea, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because ye lay not this to heart.

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Audio Bible



Context
A Warning to Priests
1“And now this decree is for you, O priests: 2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. 3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.…

Cross References
If you do not listen,

Deuteronomy 28:15
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
and if you do not take it to heart

Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

Haggai 1:5
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.

Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts,

Leviticus 22:32
You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

Ezekiel 36:23
I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
“I will send a curse among you,

Deuteronomy 28:20
The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

Leviticus 26:14-17
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. …

Zechariah 5:3-4
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. / I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
and I will curse your blessings.

Deuteronomy 28:16-19
You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. / The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. …

Haggai 1:9-11
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house. / Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”

Psalm 107:33-34
He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, / and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Yes, I have already begun to curse them,

Haggai 2:17
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, said the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings: yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

ye will not hear.

Leviticus 26:14-46
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; …

Deuteronomy 28:15-68
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: …

Deuteronomy 30:17,18
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; …

if ye will not lay.

Isaiah 42:25
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Isaiah 47:7
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

Isaiah 57:11
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

to give.

Joshua 7:19
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Luke 17:18
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

and I.

Deuteronomy 28:16-18,53-57
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field…

Psalm 69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Psalm 109:7-15
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin…

I have cursed.

Malachi 3:9
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

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Malachi 2
1. He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;
10. and the people for marrying strange wives;
13. and for putting away their former ones,
17. and for infidelity.












If you do not listen,
This phrase emphasizes the importance of obedience and attentiveness to God's commands. In the biblical context, listening is often equated with obedience (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). The Israelites were repeatedly called to hear and obey God's word, highlighting the covenant relationship between God and His people.

and if you do not take it to heart
Taking something to heart implies internalizing and valuing it deeply. The heart in Hebrew thought is the center of will and decision-making. This phrase suggests a failure to internalize God's commands, which is a recurring issue in Israel's history (Isaiah 29:13).

to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts,
Honoring God's name involves reverence and worship, acknowledging His holiness and authority. The title "LORD of Hosts" underscores God's sovereignty and power over all creation. This call to honor God is central to the first commandment (Exodus 20:3) and reflects the failure of the priests in Malachi's time to uphold God's honor.

“I will send a curse among you,
Curses in the Old Testament are consequences of covenant disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:15-68). This reflects the conditional nature of the Mosaic Covenant, where blessings and curses were contingent on Israel's obedience.

and I will curse your blessings.
Blessings, often material or spiritual, were signs of God's favor. The reversal of blessings into curses indicates a severe divine judgment. This echoes the warnings in Deuteronomy 28, where blessings for obedience are contrasted with curses for disobedience.

Yes, I have already begun to curse them,
This indicates that the process of judgment had already started. It serves as a warning and a call to repentance. The historical context suggests that the post-exilic community was experiencing difficulties, which Malachi attributes to their unfaithfulness.

because you are not taking it to heart.
Reiterating the earlier phrase, this underscores the root issue: a lack of genuine commitment and reverence for God. The repetition highlights the seriousness of the charge and the need for heartfelt repentance. This theme of heart transformation is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus emphasizes the importance of inner purity (Matthew 15:8-9).

Persons / Places / Events
1. Malachi
The prophet through whom God delivers His message to the Israelites. His name means "my messenger" in Hebrew.

2. The LORD of Hosts
A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies.

3. The Priests
The immediate audience of this message, responsible for leading the people in worship and maintaining the covenant.

4. Israel
The nation to whom the message is ultimately directed, as the priests' actions affect the entire community.

5. The Covenant
The agreement between God and Israel, which the priests are failing to uphold by not honoring God's name.
Teaching Points
The Importance of Listening and Obedience
God emphasizes the need for His people to listen and take His words to heart. This requires active engagement and a willingness to change.

The Consequences of Disobedience
Ignoring God's commands leads to curses rather than blessings. This serves as a warning to take God's words seriously.

Honoring God's Name
The priests' failure to honor God's name reflects a deeper spiritual issue. Believers today must ensure that their actions and attitudes reflect reverence for God.

The Role of Spiritual Leaders
Just as the priests were held accountable, spiritual leaders today bear a responsibility to lead with integrity and honor God in their ministry.

Heartfelt Worship
True worship involves more than rituals; it requires a heart fully devoted to God. Believers are called to examine their motives and ensure their worship is genuine.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of Malachi 2:2?

2. How does Malachi 2:2 emphasize the importance of honoring God's name today?

3. What consequences does Malachi 2:2 describe for failing to listen and honor God?

4. How can we apply the warning in Malachi 2:2 to our daily lives?

5. What other scriptures highlight the importance of honoring God's name and commands?

6. How can we ensure our hearts are aligned with God's will in Malachi 2:2?

7. What does Malachi 2:2 reveal about God's expectations for priests and leaders?

8. How does Malachi 2:2 emphasize the importance of obedience to God's commands?

9. Why does God threaten curses in Malachi 2:2 if His commands are not honored?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Malachi 2?

11. Malachi 2:2 – If God promises blessings, why does He threaten to turn them into curses against His own people?

12. How does Psalm 134's call to 'bless the Lord' fit with passages like Genesis 12:2, where only God imparts blessing?

13. How does the promise of a 'new name' for Jerusalem in Isaiah 62:2 reconcile with other biblical passages that describe unchanging divine names?

14. Lamentations 2:5 - In what sense can God become an 'enemy' to those He once favored, and does this contradict other biblical portrayals of His unchanging nature?
What Does Malachi 2:2 Mean
If you do not listen

“Listen” in Scripture means more than hearing; it demands obedient response. God never grants the option of selective hearing (Deuteronomy 28:1-2; John 10:27). Like parents who expect a child to heed instructions, the LORD expects His priests—and by extension His people—to obey fully. When we drift into passive disregard, we forfeit promised favor (James 1:22-25).


If you do not take it to heart

To “take it to heart” moves truth from the ears to the core of our being (Proverbs 4:20-22). Intellectual assent without heartfelt embrace will not satisfy God (Hebrews 2:1). He looks for affection that fuels obedience, not casual acknowledgment.


To honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts

Honoring His name means treating His person, character, and reputation as weighty (Exodus 20:7; Matthew 6:9). The priests were offering blemished sacrifices (Malachi 1:6-8), making worship cheap. By addressing Himself as “the LORD of Hosts,” God reminds them He commands angelic armies; such a King must never be approached lightly (Psalm 24:9-10).


I will send a curse among you

Covenant blessing and cursing are two sides of the same promise (Deuteronomy 28:15; Leviticus 26:14-16). When God’s people reject His terms, He actively opposes them. This is no impersonal consequence but a deliberate act of justice meant to awaken repentance (Amos 4:6-11).


I will curse your blessings

Even the priests’ “blessings” (their pronouncements over the people, or the good things they enjoyed) would invert into harm (Haggai 1:9-11). God can transform prosperity into emptiness, health into frailty, and abundance into lack (Deuteronomy 28:45). Blessings are never autonomous; they depend on ongoing fidelity (Psalm 1:1-4).


I have already begun to curse them

The process was underway. Drought, pestilence, or diminishing influence hinted that God’s patience had limits (Haggai 2:17; Malachi 1:14). The past tense warns that judgment is not merely future; it can start quietly before anyone realizes (Romans 1:24-26).


Because you are not taking it to heart

Repetition drives the verdict home—the core issue is a hardened heart (1 Samuel 2:30). External worship cannot compensate for internal neglect. Until the heart bows, every religious act is hollow (Isaiah 29:13; Revelation 3:2-3).


summary

Malachi 2:2 exposes a chain reaction: failure to listen ➝ failure to value God’s honor ➝ divine curse that overturns even good gifts. The verse calls every believer to wholehearted reverence. When God’s name is prized, blessings flow; when it is slighted, blessings sour. Taking His Word to heart is not optional—it is the dividing line between life and loss.

(2) Hear . . . lay to heart--viz., the warning of Malachi 1:6-13.

Your blessings.--Some take this as meaning the priests' tithes, atonement money, and their portions of the sacrifices, in accordance with a common usage of the word in the sense of "gift"--e.g., Genesis 33:11. Others refer the words to the blessing which the priests pronounce on the people (Numbers 6:23-27).

Verse 2. - I will even send a curse; Revised Version, then will I send the curse. St. Jerome, regarding the temporal effect of the curse, translates, egestatem "scarcity" (comp. Deuteronomy 27:15-26; Deuteronomy 28:15, etc.). I will curse your blessings. The blessings which as priests they had to pronounce upon the people (Leviticus 9:22, 23; Numbers 6:23-27). These God would not ratify, but would turn them into curses, and thus punish the people who connived at and imitated the iniquities of the priests. Or the expression may refer to the material benefits promised by God to the Israelites on their obedience. But as the announcement is made specially to the priests, this explanation seems less probable. I have cursed them already. The curse has already begun to work. Dr. S. Cox ('Bible Educator,' 3:67, etc.) points out here an allusion to Nehemiah 13:1, 2, wherein it is recorded that they reed from the Book of Moses how that the Moabites "hired Balsam against them that he should curse them; howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing." Malachi, who, as he thinks, was present on this occasion, may have been deeply impressed by these words; and it is probable that we hear an echo of them in the threat of ver. 2. "That of old God had turned a curse into a blessing, may have suggested the menace that he would now turn a blessing into a curse."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

listen,
תִשְׁמְע֡וּ (ṯiš·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

and if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you do not
לֹא֩ (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take [it]
תָשִׂ֨ימוּ (ṯā·śî·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

heart
לֵ֜ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to honor
לָתֵ֧ת (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

My name,”
לִשְׁמִ֗י (liš·mî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

says
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

of Hosts,
צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

“I will send
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י (wə·šil·laḥ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

a curse among you,
הַמְּאֵרָ֔ה (ham·mə·’ê·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3994: An execration

and I will curse
וְאָרוֹתִ֖י (wə·’ā·rō·w·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 779: To execrate

your blessings.
בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (bir·ḵō·w·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

Yes,
וְגַם֙ (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

I have already begun to curse them,
אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ (’ā·rō·w·ṯî·hā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 779: To execrate

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

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

taking
שָׂמִ֥ים (śā·mîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

it to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

heart.
לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


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OT Prophets: Malachi 2:2 If you will not listen and if (Malachi Mal Ml)
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