Malachi 2:8
And you, you have turned from the way, || You have caused many to stumble in the Law, || You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” said YHWH of Hosts.
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Leviticus 21:15and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”
1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good, causing the people of YHWH to transgress.
2 Kings 16:11and Urijah the priest builds the altar according to all that King Ahaz has sent from Damascus; so Urijah the priest did until the coming in of King Ahaz from Damascus.
Psalms 18:21For I have kept the ways of YHWH, || And have not done wickedly against my God.
Proverbs 12:8A man is praised according to his wisdom, || And the perverted of heart becomes despised.
Isaiah 30:11Turn aside from the way, || Decline from 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 →