✉️WEB · Malachi 2:1
What does Malachi 2:1 mean?
"“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you."
— Malachi 2:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
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