10 and (A)to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,

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10 so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,(A)

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26 Her (A)priests have done violence to My Law and have (B)profaned My holy things; they have made no (C)distinction between the holy and the [a]common, and they have not taught the difference between the (D)unclean and the clean; and they have closed their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am defiled among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:26 Lit profane

26 Her priests do violence to my law(A) and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common;(B) they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean;(C) and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned(D) among them.(E)

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(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Since you have (B)rejected knowledge,
I also will (C)reject you from being My priest.
Since you have (D)forgotten the (E)Law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

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    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

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Now hear this, you (A)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who (B)despise justice
And twist everything that is straight,
10 Who (C)build Zion with bloodshed,
And Jerusalem with malice.
11 Her leaders pronounce (D)judgment for a bribe,
Her (E)priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
(F)Is the Lord not in our midst?
Catastrophe will not come upon us.”

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Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;(A)
10 who build(B) Zion with bloodshed,(C)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.(D)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(E)
    her priests teach for a price,(F)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(G)
Yet they look(H) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(I)

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Her prophets are (A)insolent, treacherous men;
Her (B)priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the Law.

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Her prophets are unprincipled;
    they are treacherous people.(A)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
    and do violence to the law.(B)

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11 “The Lord of armies says this: ‘(A)Now ask the priests for a [a]ruling: 12 If someone carries (B)holy meat in the [b]fold of his garment, and touches bread with [c]this fold, or touches cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” 13 Then Haggai said, “(C)If one who is unclean from a [d]corpse touches any of these things, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 2:11 Lit law; or saying
  2. Haggai 2:12 Lit wing
  3. Haggai 2:12 Lit his wing
  4. Haggai 2:13 Lit soul

11 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests(A) what the law says: 12 If someone carries consecrated meat(B) in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?(C)’”

The priests answered, “No.”

13 Then Haggai said, “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?”

“Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.(D)

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[a](A)True instruction was in his mouth and injustice was not found on his lips; he walked (B)with Me in peace and justice, and he (C)turned many back from wrongdoing. For the lips of a priest should maintain (D)knowledge, and people should (E)seek [b]instruction from his mouth; for he is the (F)messenger of the Lord of armies. But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to (G)stumble [c]by the instruction; you have (H)ruined the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:6 Or Law of truth
  2. Malachi 2:7 Or the Law
  3. Malachi 2:8 Or in the Law

True instruction(A) was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked(B) with me in peace(C) and uprightness,(D) and turned many from sin.(E)

“For the lips of a priest(F) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(G) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(H) But you have turned from the way(I) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(J) you have violated the covenant(K) with Levi,”(L) says the Lord Almighty.

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