Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the Lord of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
1"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
Deuteronomy 30:17But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare.May it become a retribution and a trap.
Psalms 109:7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty.Let his prayer be turned into sin.
Isaiah 42:25Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,and the strength of battle;and it set him on fire all around, but he did not know;and it burned him, but he did not take it to heart."
Isaiah 57:11"Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you do not fear 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 →