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Malachi 2:1

Serving others
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

2 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.

3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
KJV
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
WEB
“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
ASV
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
DARBY
And now, ye priests, this commandment is for you.
BLB
[“] And now, to you⁺ [is] this commandment, O priests:
ÅB
Og nå kommer dette bud til dere, dere prester!
OTB
«Og nå, denne advarselen er for dere, prester.
B1930
Og nu kommer dette bud til eder, I prester!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Hosea 5:1

    Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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  • Jeremiah 13:13

    Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

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  • Malachi 1:6

    A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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  • Lamentations 4:13

    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

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