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Malachi 2:8-12

The Way Corrupted

The Covenant Betrayed · Malachi 2

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8But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble in the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Yahweh of hosts.

9So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, because you are not keeping my ways but are showing partiality in the law.

10Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless, each man to his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11Judah has acted treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

12May Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, him who is awake and him who answers, and him who brings an offering to Yahweh of hosts.

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