But Micaiah said, ‘If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.’ Then he said, ‘Listen, all you people! ’ ,
Malachi 2:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping my ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore have I also made you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept My ways but have shown favoritism to persons in your administration of the law [of God]. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law. Common English Bible Moreover, I have made you despised and humiliated in the view of all the people, since none of you keep my ways or show respect for Instruction. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, I also have made you contemptible and debased to all the people, just as you have not served my ways, and you have accepted a face in the law. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law. |
But Micaiah said, ‘If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.’ Then he said, ‘Listen, all you people! ’ ,
I will be partial to no one, and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.
The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
I will also tear off your veils and rescue my people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Disaster after disaster will come, and there will be rumour after rumour. Then they will look for a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from the priests and counsel from the elders.
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.’
I will throw filth on you and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.
‘Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.
‘You, on the other hand, have turned from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have violated the covenant of Levi,’ says the Lord of Armies.
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour? ’
‘But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth , of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. , These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
Now from those recognised as important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God does not show favouritism ,) #– #they added nothing to me.
Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgement belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.
‘Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: “I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me for ever. But now,” this is the Lord’s declaration, “no longer! For those who honour me I will honour, but those who despise me will be disgraced.