Malachi 2:1-9 ▼

1 “ And now, to you⁺ is this commandment, O priests:

2 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.

3 Behold, I am giving a rebuke to your⁺ seed, and I will spread dung on your⁺ faces, the dung from your⁺ feasts, and it will carry you⁺ off with it.

4 And you⁺ will know that I have sent to you⁺ this commandment, in order to continue My covenant with Levi,” says YHWH of Hosts.

5 “My covenant was with him—life and peace—and I gave them to him; fear, and he feared Me, and before My name he was in awe.

6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips; in peace and in uprightness He walked with Me, and many did he turn away from iniquity.

7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and instruction they should seek from his mouth, for he is the messenger of YHWH of Hosts.

8 And you⁺ have turned aside from the way, you⁺ have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you⁺ have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says YHWH of Hosts.

9 “And also I have made you⁺ despised and low before all the people, according to the measure by which you⁺ were not keeping guard of My ways, and were lifting faces regarding the instruction.”