Malachi 2:8

But, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance,— ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

7For, the lips of a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth,— for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is.

9Therefore, I also, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people,—in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:15So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk,—For I—Yahweh, do hallow him.

1 Samuel 2:24Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh.

2 Kings 16:11and Urijah the priest built an altar,—according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus, so, did Urijah the priest make it, by the time King Ahaz came from Damascus.

Psalms 18:21For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;

Proverbs 12:8In proportion to his prudence, is a man, to be praised, but, the perverse in heart, shall be an object of contempt.

Isaiah 30:11Depart ye from the way, Turn aside from the path,—Desist from setting before us the Holy One of Israel.

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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