Malachi 2:1 ¶ "Now, you priests,3548 this commandment4687 is for you. cr 2 If you will not listen,8085 and if you will not lay7760 it to heart,3820 to give5414 glory3519 to my name,"8034 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies,6635 "then will I send7971 the curse3994 on you, and I will curse779 your blessings.1293 Indeed, I have cursed779 them already, because you do not lay7760 it to heart.3820 cr 3 Behold, I will rebuke1605 your seed,2233 and will spread2219 dung6569 on your faces,6440 even the dung6569 of your feasts;2282 and you will be taken away5375 with it. cr 4 You will know3045 that I have sent7971 this commandment4687 to you, that my covenant1285 may be with Levi,"3878 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 cr 5 "My covenant1285 was with him of life2416 and peace;7965 and I gave5414 them to him that he might be reverent4172 toward me; and he was reverent3372 toward me, and stood6440 in awe2865 of my name.8034 cr 6 The law8451 of truth571 was in his mouth,6310 and unrighteousness5766 was not found4672 in his lips.8193 He walked1980 with me in peace7965 and uprightness,4334 and turned7725 many7227 away7725 from iniquity.5771 cr 7 For the priest's3548 lips8193 should keep8104 knowledge,1847 and they should seek1245 the law8451 at his mouth;6310 for he is the messenger4397 of Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 cr 8 But you have turned5493 aside out of the way.1870 You have caused many7227 to stumble3782 in the law.8451 You have corrupted7843 the covenant1285 of Levi,"3878 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 cr 9 "Therefore I have also made5414 you contemptible959 and base8217 before all the people,5971 according6310 to the way you have not kept8104 my ways,1870 but have had respect5375 for persons in the law.8451 cr 10 Don't we all have one259 father?1 Hasn't one259 God410 created1254 us? Why do we deal treacherously898 every man376 against his brother,251 profaning2490 the covenant1285 of our fathers?1 cr 11 Judah3063 has dealt treacherously,898 and an abomination8441 is committed6213 in Israel3478 and in Jerusalem;3389 for Judah3063 has profaned2490 the holiness6944 of Yahweh3068 which he loves,157 and has married1166 the daughter1323 of a foreign5236 god.410 cr 12 Yahweh3068 will cut off,3772 to the man376 who does6213 this, him who wakes5782 and him who answers,6030 out of the tents168 of Jacob,3290 and him who offers5066 an offering4503 to Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 cr 13 This again8145 you do:6213 you cover3680 the altar4196 of Yahweh3068 with tears,1832 with weeping,1065 and with sighing,603 because he doesn't regard6437 the offering4503 any more, neither receives3947 it with good will7522 at your hand.3027 cr 14 Yet you say,559 ‘Why?'4100 Because Yahweh3068 has been witness5749 between you and the wife802 of your youth,5271 against whom you have dealt treacherously,898 though she is your companion,2278 and the wife802 of your covenant.1285 cr 15 Did he not make6213 you one,259 although he had the residue7605 of the Spirit?7307 Why one?259 He sought1245 a godly430 seed.2233 Therefore take heed8104 to your spirit,7307 and let no one deal treacherously898 against the wife802 of his youth.5271 cr 16 For I hate8130 divorce,"7971 says559 Yahweh,3068 the God430 of Israel,3478 "and him who covers3680 his garment3830 with violence!"2555 says559 Yahweh3068 of Armies.6635 "Therefore take heed8104 to your spirit,7307 that you don't deal treacherously.898 cr 17 You have wearied3021 Yahweh3068 with your words.1697 Yet you say,559 ‘How have we wearied3021 him?' In that you say,559 ‘Everyone who does6213 evil7451 is good2896 in the sight5869 of Yahweh,3068 and he delights2654 in them;' or ‘Where is the God430 of justice?'4941 cr