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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Malachi 2 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/malachi/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/malachi/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Malachi 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../malachi/1.htm" title="Malachi 1">◄</a> Malachi 2 <a href="../malachi/3.htm" title="Malachi 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/malachi/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">God’s Third Complaint: Against His Priests—Failing to Honor Him</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now this commandment is for you priests: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“If you don’t listen, and if you don’t choose<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 Lit. don’t set your hearts">a</a></span> to give honor to my name,” says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, “then I’ll curse both you and your blessings.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 Lit. I’ll send on you the curse and I’ll curse your blessings">b</a></span> I’ve even cursed them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 Lit. it">c</a></span> already, because none of you are taking it to heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Look! I’m rebuking your descendants because of you, and I’ll spread waste<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 i.e. the parts of the sacrificial animal that were discarded after the offering had been presented.">d</a></span> on your faces, the waste of your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“You will know that I sent this commandment to you in order to continue my covenant with Levi,” says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“My covenant with him was for life and peace, and I gave the commandments<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 Lit. them">e</a></span> to him so he would fear me. He did fear me as he stood in my presence.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 Lit. in the presence of my name">f</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>True teachings were in his mouth, and falsehood was not found on his lips. He walked with me peacefully and righteously, and he turned many from sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he’s the messenger of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“But you priests<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:8 The Heb. lacks priests">g</a></span> turned aside from the way, and by your teaching you caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“So I also made you despised, humiliating you before all of the people, because you aren’t following my ways and are showing partiality when you teach.”</p> <p class="heading">A Plea and a Prayer from Malachi</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do we not have one father?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 The reference is either to Abraham as ancestor of Israel or to God as heavenly Father.">h</a></span> Has not one God created us? Why does each of us act deceitfully, each man against his own brother, to profane the covenant of our ancestors? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Judah has become unfaithful, and a detestable thing was committed in Israel and Jerusalem. Indeed, Judah profaned the Holy Place of the LORD, which he loves, and married a daughter of a foreign god. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>May the LORD exclude from the community<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 Lit. tents">i</a></span> of Jacob any man who does this, whoever he may be,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 Lit. he who awakens and he who answers">j</a></span> even though he brings offerings to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="heading">God’s Fourth Complaint: Against His Priests—Marital Abuses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“This is another thing you do: you flood the altar of the LORD with tears, weeping and wailing because he no longer pays attention to your offering nor takes pleasure in it from your hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Yet you ask, ‘For what reason?’ Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Did he not make them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:15 The Heb. lacks them">k</a></span> one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don’t be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Indeed, the LORD God of Israel says that he hates divorce, along with the one who conceals his violence by outward appearances,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:16 Lit. by his garments">l</a></span> says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. “So guard yourselves carefully,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:16 Lit. yourselves in your spirit">m</a></span> and don’t be unfaithful.”</p> <p class="heading">God’s Fifth Complaint: Against His People—Complaining about God.</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/malachi/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“You have wearied the LORD with your words. You ask, ‘How have we wearied you?’ By your saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD and he’s pleased with them,’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:2 Lit. <i>don’t set your hearts</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:2 Lit. <i>I’ll send on you the curse and I’ll curse your blessings</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:2 Lit. <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:3 i.e. the parts of the sacrificial animal that were discarded after the offering had been presented.<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:5 Lit.<i> them</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:5 Lit. <i>in the presence of my name</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:8 The Heb. lacks <i>priests</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:10 The reference is either to Abraham as ancestor of Israel or to God as heavenly Father.<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:12 Lit. <i>tents</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:12 Lit. <i>he who awakens and he who answers</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:15 The Heb. lacks <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:16 Lit. <i>by his garments</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:16 Lit. <i>yourselves in your spirit</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../malachi/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../malachi/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 3" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/malachi/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>