Malachi 2:3

Malachi 2:3

Corrupt Priests

1 “And now, O ^apriests, this commandment is for you.

2 ^aIf you will not hear,
And if you will not take it to heart,
To give glory to My name,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“I will send a curse upon you,
And I will curse your blessings.
Yes, I have cursed them ^balready,
Because you do not take it to heart.

3 “Behold, I will rebuke your descendants
And spread ^arefuse on your faces,
The refuse of your solemn feasts;
And one will ^btake you away with it.

4 Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,
That My covenant with Levi may continue,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

5 “My^a covenant was with him, one of life and peace,
And I gave them to him ^bthat he might fear Me;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.

6 ^aThe¹ law of truth was in his mouth,
And¹ injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And ^bturned many away from iniquity.

7 “For^a the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
^bFor he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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I will corrupt - I will take away the prolific virtue and strength of it, that it shall bring forth no fruit. Spread dung - It is an expression of the greatest contempt. Of your solemn feasts - Your most solemn days and feasts, shall be as loathsome to me as dung, and shall make you, who offer them as unclean, and loathsome, as if I had thrown the dung of those sacrifices into your faces. Take you away - You shall be taken away with it, removed as equally unclean with the dung itself, equally fit to be cast out to the dunghill.

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