Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yea, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because ye lay not this to heart.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1And now, O priests, this commandment is to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe all his commandments, as many as I charge thee this day, then all these curses shall come on thee, and overtake thee.
Deuteronomy 30:17But if thy heart change, and thou wilt not hearken, and thou shalt go astray and worship other gods, and serve them,
Psalms 109:7He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.
Isaiah 42:25So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew it, neither did they lay it to heart.
Isaiah 57:11Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and hast not remembered, nor + 57:11 Gr. taken me into thy mind, not into thine heart.considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou hast not feared me.
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 →