Malachi 2:3

New International Reader's Version

“Because of what you have done, I will punish your children. I will smear the waste from your sacrifices on your faces. And you will be carried off to the dump along with it.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:10

“ ‘Because of that, I am going to bring horrible trouble on your royal house. I will cut off from you every male in Israel. It does not matter whether they are slaves or free. I will burn up your royal house, just as someone burns up trash. I will burn it until it is all gone.

Job 20:7

But they will disappear forever, like the waste from their own bodies. Anyone who has seen them will say, ‘Where did they go?’

Psalm 47:5

God went up to his throne while his people were shouting with joy. The Lord went up while trumpets were playing.

Psalm 83:10

Sisera and Jabin died near the town of Endor. Their bodies were left on the ground like human waste.

Exodus 29:14

But burn the bull’s meat, hide and guts outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will lie outside under the sun, moon and all the stars. All these people had loved and served these things. They had followed them and worshiped them. They had asked them for advice. So the bones of these people will not be gathered up or buried again. Instead, they will be like human waste lying there on the ground.

Joel 1:10

Our fields are wiped out. The ground is dried up. The grain is destroyed. The fresh wine is gone. And there isn’t any more olive oil.

Joel 1:17

The seeds have dried up in the ground. The grain is also gone. The storerooms have been destroyed. The barns are broken down.

Leviticus 26:16

Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted.

Nahum 3:6

I will throw garbage at you. I will look down on you. I will make an example out of you.

Malachi 2:9

“So I have caused all the people to hate you. They have lost respect for you. You have not done what I told you to do. Instead, you have favored one person over another in matters of the law.”

Luke 14:35

It is not good for the soil. And it is not good for the trash pile. It will be thrown out. “Whoever has ears should listen.”

1 Corinthians 4:13

When others say bad things about us, we answer with kind words. We have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash, right up to this moment.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.