Malachi 2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Malachi 2

1And now, O priests, this command is for you.

2 because you do not lay it to heart.

3I will rebuke your offspring and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.

4 or advocate from the tents of Jacob or anyone who could bring an offering to the Lord of hosts.

13And this you do as well: You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand.

14 not make them one, flesh with spirit in it? And what does the one desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.

16For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.

17 Isa 5.19, 20; 43.24 You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”