And you will say to them, “This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land #– #the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem #– #with drunkenness.
Malachi 2:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Therefore, this decree is for you priests: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND NOW, O you priests, this commandment is for you. American Standard Version (1901) And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. Common English Bible But now, this command is for you, priests: Catholic Public Domain Version And now, O priests, this command is to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now, O ye priests, this commandment is to you. |
And you will say to them, “This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land #– #the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem #– #with drunkenness.
Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.
Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.
‘The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and my name will be feared among the nations.
‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honour my name,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.