Verse 5

Malachi 2:5

Bible in Basic English

5 My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and he had fear of me and gave honour to my name.

Original Language Text

hebrew

בְּרִיתִ֣/י הָיְתָ֣ה אִתּ֗/וֹ הַֽ/חַיִּים֙ וְ/הַ֨/שָּׁל֔וֹם וָ/אֶתְּנֵֽ/ם ל֥/וֹ מוֹרָ֖א וַ/יִּֽירָאֵ֑/נִי וּ/מִ/פְּנֵ֥י שְׁמִ֖/י נִחַ֥ת הֽוּא

English Translation

My covenant was with him, life and peace; and I gave them to him for fear, and he feared me, and was in awe of my name.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 And now, O you priests, this order is for you. Focus ↗

2 If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, th... Focus ↗

3 See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts... Focus ↗

4 And you will be certain that I have sent this order to you, so that it might be my agreement with Le... Focus ↗

5 My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and h...

6 True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace an... Focus ↗

7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from... Focus ↗

8 But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made t... Focus ↗

9 And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not ke... Focus ↗

10 Have we not all one father? has not one God (Elohim) made us? why are we, every one of us, acting fa... Focus ↗

11 Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made... Focus ↗

12 The Lord will have the man who does this cut off root and branch out of the tents of Jacob, and him... Focus ↗

13 And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives... Focus ↗

14 But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your e... Focus ↗

15 ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years. Focus ↗

16 For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, and against... Focus ↗

17 You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your... Focus ↗

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