Malachi 2:1-9
Read Malachi 2 in full →I Will Curse Your Blessings
2“And now this commandment is for you, O priests. 2“If you do anot listen, and if you do not set it upon your heart to give 1honor to My name,” says Yahweh of hosts, “then I will send the bcurse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have ccursed them already because you are not setting it upon your heart. 3“Behold, I am going to arebuke your seed, and I will bspread 1refuse on your faces, the 2refuse of your cfeasts; and you will be taken away 3with it. 4“Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, 1that My acovenant may 2continue with Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts. 5“My covenant with him was one of life and apeace, and I gave them to him as something to be 1feared; so he bfeared Me and stood in 2awe of My name. 6“1,aInstruction of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked bwith Me in peace and uprightness, and he cturned many back from iniquity. 7“For the lips of a priest should keep aknowledge, and 1men should bseek 2instruction from his mouth; for he is the cmessenger of Yahweh of hosts. 8“But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to astumble 1by the instruction; you have 2,bcorrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts. 9“So aI also have made you despised and blow 1before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing cpartiality in the 2instruction.