Malachi 2:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה  of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² If you will not hear and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to My name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have already turned them to curses because you do not lay it to heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Common English Bible

² If you don’t listen, or don’t intend to glorify my name, says the LORD of heavenly forces, then I will send a curse among you. I will curse your blessings, and I mean really curse them, because none of you intend to do it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² If you will refuse to listen, and if you will refuse to take it to heart, so as to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I will curse them. For you have not taken it to heart.

Malachi 2:2 Cross References

Psalm 69:22

Let their table before them become a snare, And a trap to those at ease.

Proverbs 3:33

The curse of יהוה  is on the house of the wrong, But He blesses the home of the righteous.

Isaiah 42:25

So He has poured on him His burning displeasure and the strength of battle, and it set him on fire all around, yet he did not understand. And it burned against him, yet he did not take it to heart!

Isaiah 47:7

“And you said, ‘I am mistress forever,’ so that you did not take these matters to heart, and did not remember the latter end of them.

Isaiah 57:11

“And of whom have you been afraid, or feared, that you have lied and not remembered Me, nor taken it to your heart? Have I not been silent, even from of old, and you have not feared Me?

Jeremiah 34:17

“Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release, each one to his brother and each one to his neighbour. See, I am proclaiming release to you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the scarcity of food! And I shall make you a horror to all reigns of the earth.

Ezekiel 3:7

“But the house of Yisra’ĕ

Haggai 1:6

“You have sown much, but brought in little; eat, but do not have enough; drink, but you are not filled with drink; clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Haggai 1:9

“When you looked for much, then see, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I would blow on it. Why?” declares יהוה  of hosts. “Because of My House which lies in ruins, while each of you runs to his own house.

Malachi 2:1

“And now, O priests, this command is for you.

Malachi 3:9

“You have cursed Me with a curse, for you are robbing Me, this nation, all of it!

Luke 17:18

“Was no one found to return to give praise to Elohim, except this foreigner?”

Joshua 7:19

Then Yehoshua said to Aḵ

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone speaks, let it be as the Words of Elohim. If anyone serves, let it be as with the strength which Elohim provides, so that Elohim might be praised in it all through יהושע  Messiah, to whom belong the esteem and the rule forever and ever. Amĕ

Revelation 14:7

saying with a loud voice, “Fear Elohim and give esteem to Him, because the hour of His judgment has come. And worship Him who made the heaven and the earth, and sea, and fountains of water.”

Revelation 16:9

And men were burned with great heat, and they blasphemed the Name of Elohim who possesses authority over these plagues. And they did not repent, to give Him esteem.