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The Lord Rebukes the Priests

1 "And now, 1O priests, 2this command is for you.
2 3If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send 4the curse upon you and I will curse 5your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, 6I will rebuke your offspring,a and 7spread dung on your faces, the 8dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.b
4 So shall you know that I have sent 9this command to you, that 10my covenant with Levi may stand, says the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant with him was one of life and 11peace, and I gave them to him. 12It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.
6 13True instructionc was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he 14turned many from iniquity.
7 For 15the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and peopled should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But you have turned aside from the way. 16You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted 17the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts,
9 and so 18I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but 19show partiality in your instruction."

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Malaquias 2:1 Agora, ó sacerdotes, este mandamento e para vós.

King James Version KJV

Malachi 2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

New King James Version NKJV

Malachi 2:1 "And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Malaquias 2:1 “E agora esta advertência é para vocês, ó sacerdotes.

Malachi 2:1-9 ESV
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