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Malachi 2:3

Hineni, I am rebuking your zera, 1 and I will spread dung upon your faces, 1 even the dung of your chagim; 1 and it will take you away with it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 hear, 1 and if ye will not take it to lev, 1 to give kavod unto My name, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 I will even send a me'erah (curse) upon you, 1 and I will curse your brakhot; yea, 1 I have cursed them already, 1 because ye do not take it to lev. 1

4And ye shall have da'as 1 that I have sent this mitzvah unto you, 1 that My brit might continue with Levi, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:29Why kick scornfully at My zevach and My minchah, which I have commanded in My ma'on (habitation, dwelling); + 2:29 See Yn 14:2 and honorest thy banim above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of kol minchat Yisroel, before Ami (My People).

1 Kings 14:10Therefore, hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon the Bais Yarov'am, and will cut off from Yarov'am mashtin b'kir (him that urinates against the wall), + 14:10 i.e., every male atzur (bond) or azuv (free) in Yisroel, and I will sweep out after the Bais Yarov'am just as one sweepeth out the dung, till it be all gone.

Job 20:7Yet he shall perish lanetzach (forever) like his own dung; 1 they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 1

Psalms 83:10Do unto them as unto Midyan; 1 as to Sisra, as to Yavin, at the Wadi Kishon; + 83:10 See Judg 4—8 1

Joel 1:10The sadeh (field) is wasted, 1 the adamah (land) mourneth; 1 for the grain is wasted; 1 the new wine is dried up, 1 the oil languisheth. 1

Nahum 3:6And I ( Hashem ) will cast abominable filth upon thee, 1 and make thee contemptibly vile, and will make thee a spectacle. 1

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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