Malachi 2 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Priests to Be Disciplined

“And now^H6258, this^H2088 commandment^H4687 is for you, the priests^H3548.

Mal 2:2“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.

Mal 2:3

Mal 2:3“Behold, I am going to rebuke your [fn]descendants, and I will spread [fn]dung on your faces, the [fn]dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away [fn]with it.

Mal 2:4

Mal 2:4“Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, [fn]so that My covenant may [fn]continue with Levi,” says the LORD of armies.

Mal 2:5

Mal 2:5“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of [fn]reverence; so he [fn]revered Me and was in awe of My name.

Mal 2:6

Mal 2:6“[fn]True instruction was in his mouth and injustice was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and justice, and he turned many back from wrongdoing.

Mal 2:7

Mal 2:7“For the lips of a priest should maintain knowledge, and people should seek [fn]instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of armies.

Mal 2:8

Mal 2:8“But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble [fn]by the instruction; you have ruined the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of armies.

Mal 2:9

Mal 2:9“So I also have made you despised and of low reputation [fn]in the view of all the people, since you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the [fn]instruction.”

Sin in the Family

Mal 2:10

Do we not all^H3605 have one^H259 Father^H1? Is it not one^H259 God^H410 who has created^H1254 us? Why^H4069 do we deal^H898 treacherously^H898, each^H376 against his brother^H251 so as to profane^H2490 the covenant^H1285 of our fathers^H1?

Mal 2:11

Mal 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD [fn]which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

Mal 2:12

Mal 2:12As for the man who does this, may the LORD eliminate from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and answers, or who presents [fn]an offering to the LORD of armies.

Mal 2:13

And this^H2088 is [fn]another^H8145 thing^H8145 you do^H6213: you cover^H3680 the altar^H4196 of the LORD^H3068 with tears^H1832, with weeping^H1065 and sighing^H603, because^H4480 He no^H369 longer^H5750 gives^H6437 attention^H6437 to the [fn]offering^H4503 or accepts^H3947 it with favor^H7522 from your hand^H3027.

Mal 2:14

Mal 2:14Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your marriage companion and your wife by covenant.

Mal 2:15

Mal 2:15 [fn]But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And [fn]why the one? He was seeking a godly offspring. Be careful then about your spirit, and see that none of you deals treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Mal 2:16

Mal 2:16“For [fn]I hate [fn]divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel, “and [fn]him who covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of armies. “So be careful about your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

Mal 2:17

You have wearied^H3021 the LORD^H3068 with your words^H1697. Yet you say^H559, “How^H4100 have we wearied^H3021 Him?” In that you say^H559, “Everyone^H3605 who does^H6213 evil^H7451 is good^H2896 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068, and He delights^H2654 in them,” or^H176, “Where^H346 is the God^H430 of justice^H4941?”

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NASB20 Footnotes

Lit seed

Or vomit

Or vomit

Lit to

Or to be My covenant with

Lit be

Or fear

Or feared

Or Law of truth

Or the Law

Or in the Law

Lit to

Or law

Or in that he has loved and married

(2:12)

Or a grain offering

(2:13)

Lit a second

(2:13)

Or grain offering

(2:15)

Or Did He not make one, although He had the remnant

(2:15)

Or what did the one do while he was seeking

(2:16)

Lit He hates

(2:16)

Lit sending away

(2:16)

Lit he covers

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