Malachi 2:9 - Easy To Read Version9 “You don’t live the way I told you! You have not accepted my teachings! So I will make you become not important—people will not respect you!” Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17699 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. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition9 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]. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)9 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. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible9 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. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version9 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. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version9 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. Féach an chaibidil |
The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes\par to help them decide who wins in court.\par The priests in Jerusalem must be paid\par before they will teach the people.\par People must pay the prophets\par before they will look into the future.\par And then those leaders expect the Lord\par to help them. They say,\par “The Lord lives here with us.\par So nothing bad will happen to us.”\par
But it will be bad for you Pharisees! You give God one-tenth of \{everything you own\}—even your mint, your rue, and every other little plant in your garden. But you forget to be fair to other people and to love God. These are the things you should do. And you should also continue to do those other things—\{like giving one-tenth\}.