nsb - Malachi:2:1-9

nsb@Malachi:2:1 @ »This command is for you.

nsb@Malachi:2:2 @ »You must honor me by your actions. If you will not listen to what I say, and give glory and honor to my name, I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. I have already put a curse on you. Your blessings are cursed already because you do not take my command seriously.

nsb@Malachi:2:3 @ »I will punish your children and rub your faces in the dung of the animals you sacrifice! You will be taken away with the dung heap of your feasts.

nsb@Malachi:2:4 @ »You will know I sent this commandment to you! This way my covenant with Levi will continue,« said Jehovah of Hosts.

nsb@Malachi:2:5 @ »My covenant was with him. It was of life and peace. I gave them to him that he might reverence me. He respected me and stood in awe of my name.

nsb@Malachi:2:6 @ »The law of truth was in his mouth. Unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness. He turned many away from iniquity.

nsb@Malachi:2:7 @ »The priests should teach the true knowledge of God. They are the messengers of Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore the people should learn the law from them.

nsb@Malachi:2:8 @ »You priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have corrupted the covenant I made with Levi.

nsb@Malachi:2:9 @ »I caused you to be despised and low before all the people. You are contemptible and do not keep my ways. You show partiality when applying the law.«