Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And now, O ye
priests, this
commandment
is
for
you.
And now, to
you
`is'
this
charge,
O priests,
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.
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
corrupt
your
seed, and spread
dung upon
your faces, even
the
dung of your solemn
feasts;
and one
shall
take
you away 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.
And ye shall
know
that I have sent this
commandment
unto you, that
my covenant might
be
with Levi, saith
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 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.
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
.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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
.
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.
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 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.
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.
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?
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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