Malachi 2:8

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 Jehovah of hosts.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

9And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in [administering] the law.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress.

2 Kings 16:11And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus; thus Urijah the priest made [it], against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

Psalms 18:21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Proverbs 12:8A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

Isaiah 30:11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us!

Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:2-10

The Office of the Priesthood; Charge against the Priests; The Priests Censured and Threatened. ( b. c. 400.) 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 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. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;… Read the whole commentary →

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