Verse 7

Malachi 2:7

New Living Translation

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7 “The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God (Elohim), and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּֽי שִׂפְתֵ֤י כֹהֵן֙ יִשְׁמְרוּ דַ֔עַת וְ/תוֹרָ֖ה יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ מִ/פִּ֑י/הוּ כִּ֛י מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה צְבָא֖וֹת הֽוּא

English Translation

For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law from his mouth, for he is a messenger of the Lord of hosts.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 “Listen, you priests — this command is for you! Focus ↗

2 Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will... Focus ↗

3 I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices... Focus ↗

4 Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites c... Focus ↗

5 “The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave th... Focus ↗

6 They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie o... Focus ↗

7 “The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God (Elohim), and people should go to him...

8 But you priests have left God (Elohim)’s paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into s... Focus ↗

9 “So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed m... Focus ↗

10 Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God (Elohim)? Then wh... Focus ↗

11 Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men... Focus ↗

12 May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel every last man who has done this and yet brings an of... Focus ↗

13 Here is another thing you do. You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he... Focus ↗

14 You cry out, “Why doesn’t the LORD accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the LORD witnessed... Focus ↗

15 Didn’t the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want?... Focus ↗

16 “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhe... Focus ↗

17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Malachi
Chapter: Chapter 2 (17 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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