Malachi 2:3

Behold, I will rebuke your seed, And I will scatter dung in your faces, The dung of your solemn feasts, And ye shall be carried to it.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2If ye will not hearken, If ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory to my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, I will 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.

4And ye shall know that I have sent to you this commandment, That my covenant may remain with Levi, Saith Jehovah of hosts.

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Cross References

Job 20:7Yet shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw him shall say, Where is he?

Psalms 83:10Who perished at Endor, And were trampled like dung to the earth.

Joel 1:10The field is laid waste; The ground mourneth, For the corn is laid waste; The new wine is dried up; The oil languisheth.

Nahum 3:6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, And I will dishonor thee, and make thee a gazing-stock,

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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