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I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/malachi/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/malachi/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/malachi/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, <i>even</i> the dung of your solemn feasts; and <i>one</i> shall take you away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/malachi/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Behold, I will rebuke your descendants And spread refuse on your faces, The refuse of your solemn feasts; And <i>one</i> will take you away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/malachi/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/malachi/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, I am going to rebuke your seed, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/malachi/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I am going to rebuke your seed, and I will spread the refuse on your faces, the refuse from the festival offerings; and you will be taken away with it [in disgrace].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/malachi/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/malachi/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/malachi/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/malachi/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will punish your descendants and rub your faces in the manure from your animal sacrifices, and then be done with you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/malachi/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke the seed for your sake, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your sacrifices; and ye shall be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/malachi/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I'm going to punish your descendants. I'm going to spread excrement on your faces, the excrement from your festival sacrifices. You will be discarded with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/malachi/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will punish your children and rub your faces in the dung of the animals you sacrifice--and you will be taken out to the dung heap. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/malachi/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Look! I'm rebuking your descendants because of you, and I'll spread waste on your faces, the waste of your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/malachi/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/malachi/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am about to discipline your children and will spread offal on your faces, the very offal produced at your festivals, and you will be carried away along with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/malachi/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/malachi/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/malachi/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/malachi/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I am pushing away the seed before you, "" And have scattered dung before your faces, "" Dung of your festivals, "" And it has taken you away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/malachi/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/malachi/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold me rebuking the seed to you, and I scattered dung upon your faces, the dung of your festivals; and it lifted you up to it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/malachi/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and I will scatter upon your face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/malachi/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will cast forth an arm to you, and I will scatter across your face the dung of your solemnities, and it will take you to itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/malachi/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will rebuke your offspring; I will spread dung on your faces, Dung from your feasts, and will carry you to it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/malachi/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/malachi/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke the seed of the ground, and spread dung upon your faces, even dung upon your solemn feasts; and I will cause you to be taken away with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/malachi/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, I rebuke the seed of the land and I shall scatter dung on your faces and dung on your feasts and I shall remove you with it<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/malachi/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, I will rebuke the seed for your hurt, And will spread dung upon your faces, Even the dung of your sacrifices; And ye shall be taken away unto it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/malachi/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/malachi/2-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=235" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">A Warning to Priests</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1605.htm" title="1605: ḡō·‘êr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To rebuke. A primitive root; to chide.">I will rebuke</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">your</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: haz·ze·ra‘ (Art:: N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">descendants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2219.htm" title="2219: wə·zê·rî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To scatter, fan, winnow. A primitive root; to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow.">and I will spread</a> <a href="/hebrew/6569.htm" title="6569: p̄e·reš (N-ms) -- Fecal matter. From parash; excrement.">dung</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">your faces,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6569.htm" title="6569: pe·reš (N-msc) -- Fecal matter. From parash; excrement.">the waste</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥag·gê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">from your feasts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·nā·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and you will be carried off</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">with it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-39</a></span><br />If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, / and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, / then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4-9</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. / Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Jeremiah 6:19-21</a></span><br />Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction. / What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.” / Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6-10</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. / The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace. / They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-12</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-14</a></span><br />But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. / And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30-34</a></span><br />Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained. / Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age. / You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Lamentations 2:1-2</a></span><br />How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger. / Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13-14</a></span><br />Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. / I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13-36</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42-52</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. / Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. / Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-32</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-31</a></span><br />If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.</p><p class="hdg">I will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Joel 1:17</a></b></br> The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.</p><p class="hdg">corrupt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/2-9.htm">Malachi 2:9</a></b></br> Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-29.htm">1 Samuel 2:29,30</a></b></br> Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded <i>in my</i> habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a></b></br> Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, <i>and</i> him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.</p><p class="hdg">one shall take you away with it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/11-17.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/malachi/1-14.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-2.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/nahum/1-14.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-19.htm">Feasts</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Festivals</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/numbers/19-5.htm">Offal</a> <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-5.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-8.htm">Pushing</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-2.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/malachi/1-14.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/12-10.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/matthew/1-11.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/malachi/3-6.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/luke/13-8.htm">Dung</a> <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/matthew/23-6.htm">Feasts</a> <a href="/matthew/26-5.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm">Festivals</a> <a href="/matthew/21-44.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Offal</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/mark/3-10.htm">Pushing</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/matthew/5-42.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/mark/1-44.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/matthew/18-3.htm">Solemn</a> <a href="/matthew/4-24.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/matthew/3-1.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">and the people for marrying strange wives;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">and for putting away their former ones,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">and for infidelity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/malachi/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, I will rebuke your descendants</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine warning and judgment that extends beyond the immediate audience to their future generations. The concept of God rebuking descendants is consistent with the biblical principle of generational consequences for sin, as seen in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God speaks of visiting "the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation." This highlights the seriousness of the priests' failure to honor God, as their actions have repercussions that affect their lineage. The rebuke is a call to repentance and a reminder of the covenantal relationship between God and His people, where blessings and curses are contingent upon obedience.<p><b>and I will spread dung on your faces</b><br>This graphic imagery serves as a powerful symbol of disgrace and defilement. In the context of ancient Israelite sacrificial practices, dung and other waste materials from sacrifices were considered unclean and were to be taken outside the camp (<a href="/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11-12</a>). By stating that He will spread dung on their faces, God is expressing His utter rejection of the priests' corrupt practices and their failure to uphold the sanctity of worship. This act of defilement signifies that the priests themselves have become unclean and unworthy to serve in their sacred roles, highlighting the severity of their spiritual corruption.<p><b>the waste from your feasts</b><br>The reference to "the waste from your feasts" underscores the hypocrisy and insincerity of the priests' religious observances. Feasts and sacrifices were meant to be acts of worship and devotion, yet the priests' offerings had become mere rituals devoid of true reverence for God. This waste symbolizes the emptiness and futility of their worship, which God finds detestable. The mention of feasts connects to other prophetic critiques of empty religious practices, such as in <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13-14</a>, where God expresses His disdain for meaningless offerings and festivals.<p><b>and you will be carried off with it</b><br>This phrase indicates the consequence of the priests' actions: they will be removed from their positions of honor and taken away in disgrace, akin to the waste they have produced. The imagery of being "carried off" suggests exile or removal from God's presence, a theme prevalent in the prophetic literature as a consequence of covenant unfaithfulness (e.g., the Babylonian exile). This serves as a warning that those who fail to honor God and uphold His commandments will face judgment and separation from the blessings of His covenant. The phrase also foreshadows the ultimate purification and restoration that comes through Jesus Christ, who cleanses and redeems His people, restoring them to a right relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm">Malachi</a></b><br>The last prophet of the Old Testament, Malachi's name means "my messenger." He delivered God's message to the Israelites, calling them to repentance and faithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests_of_israel.htm">Priests of Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Malachi's rebuke. They were responsible for maintaining the temple worship and leading the people in spiritual matters but had become corrupt and negligent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/descendants.htm">Descendants</a></b><br>Refers to the offspring of the priests, indicating that the consequences of their actions would affect future generations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/feasts.htm">Feasts</a></b><br>The religious festivals of Israel, which had become corrupted by the priests' insincere and improper practices.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_rebuke.htm">God's Rebuke</a></b><br>A divine reprimand indicating God's displeasure with the priests' actions and the serious consequences that would follow.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Seriousness of Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>Spiritual leaders are held to a high standard. Their actions have significant consequences for themselves and those they lead.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God's commands, especially by leaders, can lead to severe repercussions, affecting future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_genuine_worship.htm">The Call to Genuine Worship</a></b><br>God desires sincere worship from the heart, not mere ritualistic observance. Our worship should reflect our true devotion to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Even in rebuke, there is an opportunity for repentance and restoration. God's discipline is meant to bring us back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_community.htm">The Impact of Sin on Community</a></b><br>Sin, especially within leadership, can defile the community and hinder its relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_cleanse_the_temple.htm">What was Jesus' purpose in cleansing the temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'refiner's_fire'_purely_symbolic.htm">Malachi 3:2 - Is the 'refiner's fire' imagery purely symbolic, and does it conflict with any scientific or historical understanding of purification?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_priests_corrupted_covenant.htm">Malachi 2:7-8 - Where is the historical or archaeological support that the priests actually corrupted God's covenant in this manner?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_torments_of_sheol.htm">Who is the author of the book of Malachi?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">I will corrupt your seed.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">I will destroy for you the seed</span>--viz., of the crops. It must be remembered that because the people neglected to pay the tithes, the Levites were obliged to go and till the fields (<a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm" title="And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.">Nehemiah 13:10</a>). The LXX. for "seed" reads "corn."<p><span class= "bld">Dung of your solemn feasts.</span>--Or rather, <span class= "ital">of your festival sacrifices.</span> (Comp. <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm" title="You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.">Exodus 23:18</a>; <a href="/psalms/118-27.htm" title="God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.">Psalm 118:27</a>.) The dung of the sacrificial animals was to be carried to an unclean place outside the camp, and burnt there. The priests, because they had profaned God's Name by offering unfit animals in sacrifice, were to be treated in the most ignominious manner.<p><span class= "bld">And one shall take you away with it</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> according to a Hebrew idiom, <span class= "ital">and ye shall be carried away to it</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm" title="For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.">Isaiah 8:4</a>):--ye shall be treated like it.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will corrupt your seed.</span> Henderson, "I will rebuke the seed to your hurt." God would mar the promise of their crops; but, as the priests did not concern themselves with agriculture, such a threat would have had no particular application to them. It is best, therefore, to take the pointing of some of the versions, and to translate, <span class="accented">I will rebuke your arm</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> I will take from you the power of performing, or, I will neutralize your official duties, the arm being the instrument of labour, offering, and blessing. Others consider the threat to be that they should be deprived of their allotted portion of the sacrifice - the breast and shoulder (<a href="/leviticus/7-31.htm">Leviticus 7:31, 32</a>), or the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the maw (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Deuteronomy 18:3</a>). Septuagint, <span class="greek">Ἀφορίζω ὑμῖν</span> <span class="greek">τὸν ω΅μον</span>, "I take from you the shoulder;" Vulgate, <span class="accented">Ego projiciam vobis brachium.</span> Orelli takes "seed" in the sense of posterity, seeing here a reversal of such promises as <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Jeremiah 33:18, 22</a>. <span class="cmt_word">Spread dung upon your faces</span>. God will deliver them over to shameful treatment, which shall cover them with contempt. The idea is derived from the filth left in the courts by the victims (see the following clause). <span class="cmt_word">Your solemn feasts</span> (<span class="accented">chaggim</span>); <span class="accented">ie.</span> the animals slain at the sacrificial feasts. God calls them "your," not "my," because they were not celebrated really in his honor, but after their own self-will and pleasure. The dung of the sacrificial animals was by the Law carried forth and bunted without the camp (<a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Exodus 29:14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Leviticus 4:12</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a>). <span class="cmt_word">One shall take you away with it</span>. They shall be treated as filth, and cast away in some foul spot (comp. <a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/malachi/2-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנְנִ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will rebuke</span><br /><span class="heb">גֹעֵ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(ḡō·‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1605.htm">Strong's 1605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rebuke</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">descendants,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֔רַע</span> <span class="translit">(haz·ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will spread</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֵרִ֤יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zê·rî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2219.htm">Strong's 2219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toss about, to diffuse, winnow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dung</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(p̄e·reš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6569.htm">Strong's 6569: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fecal matter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your faces,</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the waste</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֖רֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(pe·reš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6569.htm">Strong's 6569: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fecal matter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from your feasts,</span><br /><span class="heb">חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥag·gê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> </span><span class="str2">A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you will be carried off</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשָׂ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with it.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/malachi/2-3.htm">Malachi 2:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/malachi/2-3.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 2:3 Behold I will rebuke your seed (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/2-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 2:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/2-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 2:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>