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Malachi 2:8-10
Christian Standard Bible
Malachi 2:8-10
Christian Standard Bible
8 “You, on the other hand, have turned from the way.(A) You have caused many to stumble(B) by your instruction. You have violated[a] the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Armies. 9 “So I in turn have made you despised(C) and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping my ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”(D)
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10 Don’t all of us have one Father?(E) Didn’t one God create us?(F) Why then do we act treacherously against one another,(G) profaning(H) the covenant of our ancestors?(I)
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- 2:8 Lit corrupted
Malachi 2:8-10
New International Version
Malachi 2:8-10
New International Version
8 But you have turned from the way(A) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(B) you have violated the covenant(C) with Levi,”(D) says the Lord Almighty. 9 “So I have caused you to be despised(E) and humiliated(F) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(G) in matters of the law.”(H)
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10 Do we not all have one Father[a]?(I) Did not one God create us?(J) Why do we profane the covenant(K) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(L) to one another?
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- Malachi 2:10 Or father
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