Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And now ,
O
ye
priests,
this commandment
is for you .
“
And now this decree
is for you ,
O
priests:
If ye
will
not hear
, and if ye
will
not lay
it to heart ,
to give
glory
unto
my name, saith
Jehovah
of hosts, then
will
I send the
curse upon
you, and I will curse your blessings ;
yea
, I have cursed
them
already, because ye
do
not lay
it to heart.
If you
do
not listen
, and if you
do
not take
it to heart to honor
My name, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts, “
I will
send a
curse among
you, and I will curse your blessings .
Yes
, I have already begun
to
curse
them
, because you
are
not taking
it to heart.
Behold, I will rebuke your seed
, and will spread dung upon
your faces, even
the dung
of
your feasts ;
and ye
shall
be taken
away
with it.
Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
, and I
will spread dung on
your faces, the waste
from
your feasts ,
and you
will
be carried
off
with it.
And
ye
shall
know that I have sent this commandment unto
you,
that my covenant may
be
with Levi, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
Then
you
will
know that I have sent you
this commandment so
that My covenant with Levi may
continue
, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
My covenant was
with him of life and peace ;
and
I gave them
to him that
he
might
fear
; and he feared
me ,
and stood in awe of my name.
“
My covenant with him was
one
of life and peace ,
which
I gave to him; it
called
for
reverence,
and he revered
Me and stood in awe of My name.
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.
True
instruction
was in his mouth, and nothing
false
was found on
his lips .
He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he
turned many from iniquity.
For the priest's
lips should keep
knowledge, and they
should seek the
law
at
his mouth ;
for
he is the messenger of Jehovah
of hosts.
For the lips of
a
priest
should preserve
knowledge, and people
should seek instruction
from
his mouth ,
because
he is the messenger of the
LORD
of Hosts.
But ye
are
turned
aside
out
of
the way ;
ye
have
caused many to stumble in
the
law;
ye
have corrupted
the covenant of Levi, saith
Jehovah
of hosts.
But you
have
departed
from
the way ,
and
your
instruction
has
caused many to stumble .
You
have violated
the covenant of Levi, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts.
Therefore
have
I also
made you contemptible
and base
before all the people, according
as
ye
have not kept my ways, but have had
respect
of
persons
in the law.
“So
I in
turn
have
made you despised
and humiliated
before all the people, because
you
have not kept My ways, but have shown
partiality
in matters
of
the law. ”
Have
we not all one father? hath
not one God created
us? why do we deal
treacherously
every
man
against
his
brother,
profaning
the covenant of our fathers?
Do
we not all have
one Father? Did
not one God create
us? Why then
do we break
faith
with
one
another
so
as
to
profane
the covenant of our fathers?
Judah hath
dealt
treacherously,
and
an abomination is
committed in Israel and in Jerusalem ;
for Judah hath
profaned the holiness
of
Jehovah
which
he
loveth,
and
hath
married
the daughter of a foreign god.
Judah has
broken
faith;
an abomination has
been
committed in Israel and in Jerusalem .
For Judah has
profaned the LORD’s
beloved
sanctuary
by
marrying
the daughter of a foreign god.
Jehovah
will
cut
off,
to
the man that
doeth
this, him
that
waketh
and
him
that
answereth,
out
of
the tents of Jacob ,
and him
that
offereth
an offering unto
Jehovah
of hosts.
As
for
the man who
does
this, may
the LORD
cut
off
from
the
tents of Jacob everyone
who
is
awake
and aware—even
if
he
brings
an offering to
the
LORD
of Hosts.
And this again
ye
do: ye
cover the altar of Jehovah
with tears, with weeping ,
and with
sighing
, insomuch
that
he regardeth
not
the
offering
any
more,
neither
receiveth
it
with
good
will
at
your hand
.
And this is
another
thing
you
do: You
cover the altar of the
LORD
with tears, with weeping and groaning
, because
He no
longer
regards
your offerings
or
receives
them
gladly
from
your
hands
.
Yet ye
say
, Wherefore
? Because Jehovah
hath
been witness between thee
and the wife of thy
youth, against whom thou
hast
dealt
treacherously
, though she is thy
companion ,
and the
wife of
thy
covenant.
Yet you
ask
, “Why
? ”
It
is
because the
LORD
has
been a
witness between you
and the wife of your
youth, against whom you
have
broken
faith
, though she is your
companion and your
wife by
covenant.
And
did
he
not make
one, although
he
had
the
residue
of the Spirit? And wherefore
one? He sought
a
godly seed
. Therefore
take
heed
to
your spirit ,
and let
none
deal
treacherously
against
the wife of his
youth.
Has
not the
LORD
made
them
one, having
a
portion
of the Spirit? And why
one? Because
He seeks
godly offspring
. So
guard
yourselves
in
your spirit and do
not
break
faith
with
the wife of your
youth.
For I hate putting
away
, saith
Jehovah
, the God of Israel ,
and
him
that
covereth
his garment with violence, saith
Jehovah
of hosts :
therefore
take
heed
to
your spirit ,
that
ye
deal
not treacherously
.
“
For I hate divorce
, ”
says
the
LORD
, the God of Israel .
“He
who
divorces
his wife
covers
his
garment with violence, ”
says
the
LORD
of Hosts .
So
guard
yourselves
in
your spirit and
do
not break
faith
.
Ye
have wearied Jehovah
with your words .
Yet ye
say
, Wherein
have we wearied him? In
that
ye
say
, Every
one
that
doeth
evil is
good in the sight of Jehovah
, and he
delighteth
in them ;
or where is the God of justice?
You
have wearied the
LORD
with your words ;
yet you
ask
, “How
have we wearied Him? ”
By
saying
, “All
who
do
evil are
good in the sight of the
LORD
, and in them He
delights,”
or ,
“
Where is the God of justice? ”
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