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1“And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.
2If you will not hear,
And if you will not takeit to heart,
To give glory to My name,”
Says theLord of hosts,
“I will send a curse upon you,
And I will curse your blessings.
Yes, I have cursed them already,
Because you do not takeit to heart.

3“Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread refuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
Andone will take you away[a]with it.
4Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,
That My covenant with Levi may continue,”
Says theLord of hosts.
5“My covenant was with him,one of life and peace,
And I gave them to himthat he might fearMe;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.
6The[b] law of truth was in his mouth,
And[c]injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And turned many away from iniquity.

7“For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
Andpeople should seek the law from his mouth;
For he is the messenger of theLord of hosts.
8But you have departed from the way;
You have caused many to stumble at the law.
You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says theLord of hosts.
9“Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown partiality in the law.”

10Have we not all one Father?
Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?
11Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has profaned
TheLord’s holyinstitution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
12May theLord cut off from the tents of Jacob
The man who does this, being[d]awake and aware,
Yet who brings an offering to theLord of hosts!

13And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of theLord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receiveit with goodwill from your hands.
14Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because theLord has been witness
Between you and the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15But did He not makethem one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.

16“For theLord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says theLord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”

17You have wearied theLord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we weariedHim?”
In that you say,
“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of theLord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Whereis the God of justice?”

Footnotes:

1. Malachi 2:3Lit.to it
2. Malachi 2:6OrTrue instruction
3. Malachi 2:6Orunrighteousness
4. Malachi 2:12Talmud, Vg.teacher and student