Malachi 2:3

A Warning to the Priests · Malachi 2:1–9
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Translations

Modern
Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
Traditional
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Literal
Behold, I am giving a rebuke to your seed, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung from your feasts, and it will carry you off with it.
Latin
Ecce ego projiciam vobis brachium, et dispergam super vultum vestrum stercus solemnitatum vestrarum, et assumet vos secum.

Original

Hebrew
English
Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

Notes

Malachi’s second message confirms the Lord as God and father of Israel. God alone deserves true worship.

The first part (Malachi 1:6–14) shows how the Israelites dishonored God despite his fatherly care and great power.

The second part (Malachi 2:1–9) warns the priests of Judah against sacrificing sick and defective animals and criticizes them for not teaching God’s instructions (2:6–8).

Events

Glossary

Malachi, Book of Priests and Levites

Topics

Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Rotting in the Ground