Malachi 2 (NET)

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Malachi 2:2²If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses—indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 17:18 Rev 14:7 Ps 69:22 Ps 81:11-12 1 Pet 4:11 Lev 26:14-46 Mal 3:9 Deut 28:15-68 Ezek 3:7 Luke 23:28-30

Malachi 2:3³I 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Nah 3:6 Mal 2:9 1 Kgs 14:10 Exod 29:14 Job 20:7 Joel 1:17 1 Cor 4:13 1 Sam 2:29-30 2 Kgs 9:36-37 Jer 8:2

Malachi 2:4⁴Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:12 Ezek 38:23 Ezek 44:9-16 Jer 28:9 John 15:2 Luke 10:11 Matt 3:12 Neh 13:29 1 Kgs 22:25 Ezek 20:38-41

Malachi 2:5⁵“My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 25:12-13 Ezek 37:26 Ezek 34:25 Exod 32:26-29 Num 16:9-10 Deut 33:8-11 Num 18:8-24 Num 3:45 Num 8:15 Ps 106:30-31

Malachi 2:6⁶He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 12:3 2 Tim 2:15-16 Rev 14:5 Jer 23:22 Acts 26:18 Jas 5:19-20 Luke 1:16-17 Luke 1:6 Titus 1:7-9 1 Thess 1:9-10

Malachi 2:7⁷For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:24-25 Lev 10:11 Deut 21:5 2 Cor 5:20 1 Thess 4:8 Acts 16:17 Ezra 7:10 John 13:20 John 20:21 2 Chr 30:22

Malachi 2:8⁸You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 13:29 Jer 17:5 Jer 18:15 1 Sam 2:17 Ezek 44:10 Isa 30:11 Mal 2:5 1 Sam 2:24 1 Sam 2:30 Dan 9:5-6

Malachi 2:9⁹“Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent that you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:30 Deut 1:17 Luke 11:42 1 Kgs 22:28 Ezek 13:12-16 Ezek 13:21 Gal 2:6 Luke 10:29 Mal 2:8 Mark 7:8-14

Malachi 2:10¹⁰Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, thus making light of the covenant of our ancestors?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 100:3 Mal 2:11 1 Cor 8:6 Eph 4:6 Isa 63:16 Isa 64:8 Acts 7:26 Mal 2:14-15 Matt 3:9 Mic 7:2-6

Malachi 2:11¹¹Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:14-18 Ezra 9:1-2 1 Kgs 11:1-8 Deut 7:3-6 Exod 19:5-6 Lev 20:26 Neh 13:23-29 Ps 106:34-39 Rev 21:8 Deut 14:2

Malachi 2:12¹²May the Lord cut off from the community of Jacob every last person who does this, as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 25:8 1 Sam 15:22-23 1 Sam 2:31-34 1 Sam 3:14 2 Tim 3:13 Amos 5:22 Ezek 14:10 Ezek 24:21 Ezra 10:18-19 Gen 4:3-5

Malachi 2:13¹³You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 1:11-15 Jer 14:12 Ps 78:34-37 1 Sam 1:9-10 2 Sam 13:19-20 Deut 15:9 Deut 26:14 Eccl 4:1 Jer 6:20 Neh 8:9-12

Malachi 2:14¹⁴Yet you ask, “Why?” The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 2:15 Eccl 9:9 Isa 54:6 Gen 31:50 Jer 42:5 Jer 8:12 Mal 3:5 Prov 2:17 Ezek 16:8 Mal 1:6-7

Malachi 2:15¹⁵No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:4-6 Mal 2:14 Mark 10:6-8 Gen 1:27 Gen 2:20-24 1 Tim 3:11-12 1 Cor 7:14 2 Cor 6:18 1 Tim 3:4-5 Hos 1:10

Malachi 2:16¹⁶“I hate divorce,” says the Lord God of Israel, “and the one who is guilty of violence,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:3-9 Matt 5:31-32 Mark 10:2-12 Luke 16:18 Prov 28:13 Deut 24:1-4 Isa 50:1 Isa 59:6 Mic 7:2-3

Malachi 2:17¹⁷You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” Because you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord ’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 43:24 2 Pet 3:3-4 Eccl 8:11 Isa 30:18 Isa 5:18-20 Zeph 1:12 1 Sam 2:3 Amos 2:13 Ezek 16:43 Ezek 8:12

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