Malachi 2:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““And now this decree is for you, O priests:”
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BSBPD
““And now this decree is for you, O priests:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And now, to you <FI>is<Fi> this charge, O priests,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Malachi 2:1 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 13:13then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
- Lamentations 4:13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
- Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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