Malachi 2:8

Translations

Modern

But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Traditional

But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Literal

And you have turned aside from the way, you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says YHWH of Hosts.

Latin

Vos autem recessistis de via, et scandalizastis plurimos in lege: irritum fecistis pactum Levi, dicit Dominus exercituum.

Original

Hebrew

English

But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Notes

Malachi 1:6–2:9

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).

Theme notes and profiles

The Priestly Blessing The Stone the Builders Rejected

Events

Prophecies of Malachic. 442 BC

Related verses

Nehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Jeremiah 18:15
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Ezekiel 44:10
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
Malachi 2:5
“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
1 Samuel 2:17
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
Luke 11:45–46
One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
Psalm 119:102
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
Isaiah 59:13
…rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Malachi 2:9–10
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

People

Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Malachi, Book of Priests and Levites

Topics

Christian Minister: False and Corrupt Offense: Priests Offense: Punishment for Occasioning Priests were Sometimes: Corrupters of the Law

Malachi 2:8

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Events?

Related verses?