CHAPTER EXPLORER
Malachi 2
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17 verses in KJV · 357 outgoing cross-reference links
Opening verses of Malachi 2 (KJV)
2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment [is] for you.
2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
2:3 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.
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Traditional writer attribution: Malachi
Approximate study chronology: c. 397 BC
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