Malachi:2

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* And now , O ye priests , this commandment is for you . * 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 . * 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 . * And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you , that my covenant might be with Levi , saith the LORD 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 . * 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 . * For the priests lips should keep knowledge da #ath #, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this , the master and the scholar , out of the tabernacles of Jacob Ya #aqob #, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts . * And this have ye done again , covering the altar of the LORD with tears dim #ah #, with weeping , and with crying out , insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more , or receiveth it with good will at your hand . * Yet ye say , Wherefore ? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth na #uwr #, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously : yet is she thy companion , and the wife of thy covenant . * 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 na #uwr #. * For the LORD , the God of Israel Yisra #el #, 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 . * 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 ?

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