2:1 And now, O ye priests 3548, this commandment 4687 [is] for you.

2:2 If ye will not hear 8085 8799, and if ye will not lay 7760 8799 [it] to heart 3820, to give 5414 8800 glory 3519 unto my name 8034, saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, I will even send 7971 8765 a curse 3994 upon you, and I will curse 779 8804 your blessings 1293: yea, I have cursed 779 8804 them already, because ye do not lay 7760 8802 [it] to heart 3820.

2:3 Behold, I will corrupt 1605 8802 your seed 2233, and spread 2219 8765 dung 6569 upon your faces 6440, [even] the dung 6569 of your solemn feasts 2282; and [one] shall take you away 5375 8804 with it.(corrupt: or, reprove)(spread: Heb. scatter)(one…: or, it shall take you away to it)

2:4 And ye shall know 3045 8804 that I have sent 7971 8765 this commandment 4687 unto you, that my covenant 1285 might be with Levi 3878, saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.

2:5 My covenant 1285 was with him of life 2416 and peace 7965; and I gave 5414 8799 them to him [for] the fear 4172 wherewith he feared 3372 8799 me, and was afraid 2865 8738 before 6440 my name 8034.

2:6 The law 8451 of truth 571 was in his mouth 6310, and iniquity 5766 was not found 4672 8738 in his lips 8193: he walked 1980 8804 with me in peace 7965 and equity 4334, and did turn 7725 0 many 7227 away 7725 8689 from iniquity 5771.

2:7 For the priest's 3548 lips 8193 should keep 8104 8799 knowledge 1847, and they should seek 1245 8762 the law 8451 at his mouth 6310: for he [is] the messenger 4397 of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.

2:8 But ye are departed 5493 8804 out of the way 1870; ye have caused many 7227 to stumble 3782 8689 at the law 8451; ye have corrupted 7843 8765 the covenant 1285 of Levi 3878, saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.(stumble at: or, fall in)

2:9 Therefore have I also made 5414 8804 you contemptible 959 8737 and base 8217 before all the people 5971, according 6310 as ye have not kept 8104 8802 my ways 1870, but have been partial 5375 8802 6440 in the law 8451.(have been…: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces)

2:10 Have we not all one 259 father 1? hath not one 259 God 410 created 1254 8804 us? why do we deal treacherously 898 8799 every man 376 against his brother 251, by profaning 2490 8763 the covenant 1285 of our fathers 1?

2:11 Judah 3063 hath dealt treacherously 898 8804, and an abomination 8441 is committed 6213 8738 in Israel 3478 and in Jerusalem 3389; for Judah 3063 hath profaned 2490 8765 the holiness 6944 of the LORD 3068 which he loved 157 8804, and hath married 1166 8804 the daughter 1323 of a strange 5236 god 410.(loved: or, ought to love)

2:12 The LORD 3068 will cut off 3772 8686 the man 376 that doeth 6213 8799 this, the master 5782 8802 and the scholar 6030 8802, out of the tabernacles 168 of Jacob 3290, and him that offereth 5066 8688 an offering 4503 unto the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.(the master…: or, him that waketh, and him that answereth)

2:13 And this have ye done 6213 8799 again 8145, covering 3680 8763 the altar 4196 of the LORD 3068 with tears 1832, with weeping 1065, and with crying out 603, insomuch that he regardeth 6437 8800 not the offering 4503 any more, or receiveth 3947 8800 [it] with good will 7522 at your hand 3027.

2:14 Yet ye say 559 8804, Wherefore 4100? Because the LORD 3068 hath been witness 5749 8689 between thee and the wife 802 of thy youth 5271, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously 898 8804: yet [is] she thy companion 2278, and the wife 802 of thy covenant 1285.

2:15 And did not he make 6213 8804 one 259? Yet had he the residue 7605 of the spirit 7307. And wherefore one 259? That he might seek 1245 8764 a godly 430 seed 2233. Therefore take heed 8104 8738 to your spirit 7307, and let none deal treacherously 898 8799 against the wife 802 of his youth 5271.(residue: or, excellency)(godly…: Heb. seed of God)(treacherously: or, unfaithfully)

2:16 For the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, saith 559 8804 that he hateth 8130 8804 putting away 7971 8763: for [one] covereth 3680 8765 violence 2555 with his garment 3830, saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635: therefore take heed 8104 8738 to your spirit 7307, that ye deal not treacherously 898 8799.(that he…: or, if he hate her, put her away)(putting…: Heb. to put away)

2:17 Ye have wearied 3021 8689 the LORD 3068 with your words 1697. Yet ye say 559 8804, Wherein have we wearied 3021 8689 [him]? When ye say 559 8800, Every one that doeth 6213 8802 evil 7451 [is] good 2896 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, and he delighteth 2654 8804 in them; or, Where [is] the God 430 of judgment 4941?

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