Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
And now this
decree
is
for
you, O priests :
And now ,
to
you `is'
this
charge
, O priests ,
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
hearken
not, and if ye
lay
`
it '
not
to heart ,
To give
honour
to
My name, said
Jehovah
of Hosts, I have
sent
against
you the
curse
, And I have
cursed
your blessings, Yea,
I have also
cursed
it
, Because ye
are not laying
`
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.
Lo
, I am
pushing
away
before
you
the
seed
, And have
scattered
dung before
your faces, Dung
of
your festivals
, And it
hath
taken
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
have
known
that I have sent unto
you this charge,
For
My covenant being
with Levi, Said
Jehovah
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 hath
been
with him of life and of
peace, And
I make
them
to him a
fear
, and he doth
fear
Me ,
And because
of My name he
hath
been
affrighted
.
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
hath
been
in his mouth, And perverseness
hath
not
been
found in
his lips ,
In peace and in
uprightness he
walked
with
Me
, And many he
brought
back
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 lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law
they
do
seek from his mouth, For
a
messenger of Jehovah
of Hosts he
`is'
.
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.
And
ye,
ye
have turned
from the way, Ye
have
caused many to stumble in
the
law,
Ye
have corrupted
the covenant of Levi, Said
Jehovah
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. ”
And
I also,
I
have made you despised and low
before all the people, Because ye
are
not keeping
My ways, And
are
accepting
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?
Have
we not all one father? Hath
not our
God prepared
us? Wherefore
do we deal
treacherously,
Each
against
his
brother,
To pollute
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.
Dealt
treacherously
hath
Judah ,
And
abomination hath
been done
in Israel ,
and in Jerusalem ,
For polluted
hath
Judah the holy
thing
of
Jehovah,
That
He
hath
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.
Cut
off
doth
Jehovah
the man who doth
it
, Tempter
and
tempted
--
from the tents of Jacob ,
Even he who
is
bringing
nigh
a
present
to Jehovah
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 a
second
time
ye
do ,
Covering
with
tears
the altar of Jehovah
, With weeping and groaning, Because there
is
no more
turning
unto
the
present,
Or receiving
of
a
pleasing
thing
from 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.
And
ye
have
said
, `Wherefore
? '
Because Jehovah
hath
testified
between thee
And the wife of thy
youth, That
thou
hast
dealt
treacherously
against her
, And
she thy
companion ,
and thy
covenant -wife
.
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
He
did
not make
one `only'
, And
He
hath
the
remnant
of the Spirit .
And what
`is'
the
one `alone'!
He is
seeking
a
godly seed
. And
ye
have
been
watchful
over
your spirit ,
And with the wife of thy
youth ,
None
doth
deal
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
.
For `
I '
hate sending
away
, said
Jehovah
, God of Israel ,
And
He `
who '
hath
covered
violence with
his
clothing
, said
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
And
ye
have
been
watchful
over
your spirit ,
And ye
do not 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
? ”
Ye
have wearied Jehovah
with your words, And
ye
have said:
`In
what
have
we wearied Him? '
In
your
saying :
`Every
evil -doer
`is'
good in the eyes
of Jehovah
, And in them He is
delighting
, '
Or, `
Where `
is '
the God of judgment
? '
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