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World English Bible

Malachi 2 (WEBP)

[1] “Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
[2] 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.
[3] Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
[4] You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
[5] “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
[6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
[7] For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.
[8] But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
[9] “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
[10] Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
[11] Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
[12] Yahweh will cut off the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
[13] “This again you do: you cover Yahweh’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
[14] Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.
[15] Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
[16] One who hates and divorces”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.
[17] You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’

Malachi 2:3 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Malachi 2 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[4] And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
[5] My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
[6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
[7] For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
[8] But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
[9] Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
[10] Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
[11] Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
[12] The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.
[13] And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
[14] Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
[15] And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
[16] For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
[17] Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Malachi 2:3a Or, reprove
Malachi 2:3b Heb. scatter
Malachi 2:3c Or, it shall take you away to it
Malachi 2:8 Or, fall in the law
Malachi 2:9 Or, lifted up the face against. Heb. accepted faces
Malachi 2:11 Or, ought to love
Malachi 2:12 Or, him that waketh and him that answereth
Malachi 2:15a Or, excellency
Malachi 2:15b Heb. a seed of God
Malachi 2:15c Or, unfaithfully
Malachi 2:16a Or, if he hate her, put her away
Malachi 2:16b Heb. to put away

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Malachi 2 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () νῦν () ἡ () ἐντολὴ () αὕτη () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () οἱ () ἱερεῖς· ()
[2] ἐὰν () μὴ () ἀκούσητε, () καὶ () ἐὰν () μὴ () θῆσθε () εἰς () τὴν () καρδίαν () ὑμῶν () τοῦ () δοῦναι () δόξαν () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ, () καὶ () ἐξαποστελῶ () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς () τὴν () κατάραν () καὶ () ἐπικαταράσομαι τὴν () εὐλογίαν () ὑμῶν () καὶ () καταράσομαι () αὐτήν· () καὶ () διασκεδάσω τὴν () εὐλογίαν () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται () ἐν () ὑμῖν, () ὅτι () ὑμεῖς () οὐ () τίθεσθε () εἰς () τὴν () καρδίαν () ὑμῶν. ()
[3] Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἀφορίζω () ὑμῖν () τὸν () ὦμον () καὶ () σκορπιῶ () ἤνυστρον ἐπὶ () τὰ () πρόσωπα () ὑμῶν, () ἤνυστρον ἑορτῶν () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () λήμψομαι () ὑμᾶς () εἰς () τὸ () αὐτό· ()
[4] καὶ () ἐπιγνώσεσθε () διότι () ἐγὼ () ἐξαπέσταλκα () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς () τὴν () ἐντολὴν () ταύτην () τοῦ () εἶναι () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου () πρὸς () τοὺς () Λευίτας, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[5] Ἡ () διαθήκη () μου () ἦν () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () τῆς () ζωῆς () καὶ () τῆς () εἰρήνης, () καὶ () ἔδωκα () αὐτῷ () ἐν () φόβῳ () φοβεῖσθαί () με () καὶ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ὀνόματός () μου () στέλλεσθαι () αὐτόν. ()
[6] Νόμος () ἀληθείας () ἦν () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀδικία () οὐχ () εὑρέθη () ἐν () χείλεσιν () αὐτοῦ· () ἐν () εἰρήνῃ () κατευθύνων () ἐπορεύθη () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () πολλοὺς () ἐπέστρεψεν () ἀπὸ () ἀδικίας. ()
[7] Ὅτι () χείλη () ἱερέως () φυλάξεται () γνῶσιν, () καὶ () νόμον () ἐκζητήσουσιν () ἐκ () στόματος () αὐτοῦ, () διότι () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () παντοκράτορός () ἐστιν. ()
[8] Ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἐξεκλίνατε () ἐκ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ () καὶ () πολλοὺς () ἠσθενήσατε () ἐν () νόμῳ, () διεφθείρατε () τὴν () διαθήκην () τοῦ () Λευι, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[9] Κἀγὼ () δέδωκα () ὑμᾶς () ἐξουδενωμένους () καὶ () παρειμένους () εἰς () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη, () ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ὑμεῖς () οὐκ () ἐφυλάξασθε () τὰς () ὁδούς () μου, () ἀλλὰ () ἐλαμβάνετε () πρόσωπα () ἐν () νόμῳ. ()
[10] Οὐχὶ () θεὸς () εἷς () ἔκτισεν () ὑμᾶς; () Οὐχὶ () πατὴρ () εἷς () πάντων () ὑμῶν; () Τί () ὅτι () ἐγκατελίπετε () ἕκαστος () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () βεβηλῶσαι () τὴν () διαθήκην () τῶν () πατέρων () ὑμῶν; ()
[11] Ἐγκατελείφθη () Ιουδας, () καὶ () βδέλυγμα () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () διότι () ἐβεβήλωσεν () Ιουδας () τὰ () ἅγια () κυρίου, () ἐν () οἷς () ἠγάπησεν, () καὶ () ἐπετήδευσεν εἰς () θεοὺς () ἀλλοτρίους. ()
[12] Ἐξολεθρεύσει () κύριος () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον () τὸν () ποιοῦντα () ταῦτα, () ἕως () καὶ () ταπεινωθῇ () ἐκ () σκηνωμάτων () Ιακωβ () καὶ () ἐκ () προσαγόντων () θυσίαν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () παντοκράτορι. ()
[13] Καὶ () ταῦτα, () ἃ () ἐμίσουν, () ἐποιεῖτε· () ἐκαλύπτετε () δάκρυσιν () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον () κυρίου () καὶ () κλαυθμῷ () καὶ () στεναγμῷ () ἐκ () κόπων. () Ἔτι () ἄξιον () ἐπιβλέψαι () εἰς () θυσίαν () ἢ () λαβεῖν () δεκτὸν () ἐκ () τῶν () χειρῶν () ὑμῶν; ()
[14] Καὶ () εἴπατε () Ἕνεκεν () τίνος; () Ὅτι () κύριος () διεμαρτύρατο () ἀνὰ () μέσον () σοῦ () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () γυναικὸς () νεότητός () σου, () ἣν () ἐγκατέλιπες, () καὶ () αὐτὴ () κοινωνός () σου () καὶ () γυνὴ () διαθήκης () σου. ()
[15] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἄλλος () ἐποίησεν, () καὶ () ὑπόλειμμα πνεύματος () αὐτοῦ. () Καὶ () εἴπατε () Τί () ἄλλο () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () σπέρμα () ζητεῖ () ὁ () θεός; () Καὶ () φυλάξασθε () ἐν () τῷ () πνεύματι () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () γυναῖκα () νεότητός () σου () μὴ () ἐγκαταλίπῃς· ()
[16] ἀλλὰ () ἐὰν () μισήσας () ἐξαποστείλῃς, () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () καλύψει () ἀσέβεια () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ἐνθυμήματά σου, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. () Καὶ () φυλάξασθε () ἐν () τῷ () πνεύματι () ὑμῶν () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἐγκαταλίπητε. ()
[17] Οἱ () παροξύνοντες () τὸν () θεὸν () ἐν () τοῖς () λόγοις () ὑμῶν () καὶ () εἴπατε () Ἐν () τίνι () παρωξύναμεν () αὐτόν; () Ἐν () τῷ () λέγειν () ὑμᾶς () Πᾶς () ποιῶν () πονηρόν, () καλὸν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () αὐτὸς () εὐδόκησεν· () καί () Ποῦ () ἐστιν () ὁ () θεὸς () τῆς () δικαιοσύνης; ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.