Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
“And
now this decree
is for you ,
O
priests:
"
Now ,
you
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 you will
not listen, and if you will
not lay
it to heart ,
to give
glory
to
my name, "
says Yahweh
of Hosts, "then
will I
send the
curse on
you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed
, I have cursed
them already
, because you 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 rebuke your seed
, and will spread dung on your faces, even
the dung
of
your feasts ;
and you will be taken
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.
You will know that I have sent this commandment to
you,
that my covenant may
be
with Levi, "
says Yahweh
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 who
he
might
be
reverent
toward
me
; and he was
reverent
toward
me ,
and stood in awe of 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 unrighteousness
was not
found in
his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned 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 Yahweh
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 you have turned
aside
out
of
the way .
You
have
caused many to stumble in
the
law
. You have corrupted
the covenant of Levi, "
says Yahweh
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
I have also
made you contemptible
and base
before all the people, according
to
the
way
you have not kept my ways, but have had
respect
for
persons
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?
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?
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 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.
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.
Yahweh
will
cut
off,
to
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 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
.
This again
you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh
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
.
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 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.
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.
Did
he
not make
one, although
he
had
the
residue
of the Spirit? Why one? He sought
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 I hate divorce, "
says Yahweh
, the God of Israel ,
"and
him
who covers his garment with violence !'
says Yahweh
of Hosts. "Therefore
take
heed
to
your spirit ,
that
you
don't
deal
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? ”
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 the sight of Yahweh
, and he delights in
them;'
or '
Where is the God of justice? '
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