Verse 7

Malachi 2:7

Geneva Bible

7 For the Priestes lippes shoulde preserue knowledge, and they shoulde seeke the Lawe at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hostes.

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 And now, O ye Priests, this commandement is for you. Focus ↗

2 If yee will not heare it, nor consider it in your heart, to giue glory vnto my Name, sayth the Lord... Focus ↗

3 Behold, I wil corrupt your seede, and cast dongue vpon your faces, euen the dongue of your solemne f... Focus ↗

4 And yee shall know, that I haue sent this commandement vnto you, that my couenant, which I made with... Focus ↗

5 My couenant was with him of life and peace, and I gaue him feare, and he feared mee, and was afraid... Focus ↗

6 The lawe of trueth was in his mouth, and there was no iniquitie founde in his lippes: hee walked wit... Focus ↗

7 For the Priestes lippes shoulde preserue knowledge, and they shoulde seeke the Lawe at his mouth: fo...

8 But yee are gone out of the way: yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe: yee haue broken the couen... Focus ↗

9 Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not... Focus ↗

10 Haue we not all one father? hath not one God (Elohim) made vs? why doe we transgresse euery one agai... Focus ↗

11 Iudah hath transgressed, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath... Focus ↗

12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this: both the master and the seruaunt out of the Tabernacl... Focus ↗

13 And this haue ye done againe, and couered the altar of the Lord with teares, with weeping and with m... Focus ↗

14 Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lord hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth,... Focus ↗

15 And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a go... Focus ↗

16 If thou hatest her, put her away, sayeth the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, yet he couereth the iniuri... Focus ↗

17 Yee haue wearied the Lord with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say,... Focus ↗

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