Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“
And now this decree
is for you ,
O
priests:
And now ,
O
ye
priests,
this commandment
is for you .
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then
you
will
know that I have sent you
this commandment so
that My covenant with Levi may
continue
, ”
says
the LORD of Hosts.
And
ye
shall
know that I have sent this commandment unto
you,
that my covenant might
be
with Levi, saith
the LORD of hosts.
“
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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. ”
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“
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
.
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
.
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
? ”
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
?
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