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  2:1 ¶
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. |
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2:1 ¶
And now,°
O ye priests,°
this°
commandment°
[is] for°
you. |
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2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. |
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2:2
If°
ye will not°
hear,°°
and if°
ye will not°
lay°°
[it] to°
heart,°
to give°°
glory°
unto my name,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts,°
I will even send°°°
a curse°
upon you, and I will curse°°°
your blessings:°
yea,°
I have cursed°°
them already, because°
ye do not°
lay°°
[it] to°
heart.° |
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2:3
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it. |
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2:3
Behold,°
I will corrupt°°°
your seed,°
and spread°°
dung°
upon°
your faces,°
[even] the dung°
of your solemn feasts;°
and [one] shall take you away°°°
with°
it. |
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2:4
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. |
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2:4
And ye shall know°°
that°
I have sent°°
this°°
commandment°
unto°
you, that my covenant°
might be°
with°
Levi,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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2:5
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name. |
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2:5
My covenant°
was°
with°
him of life°
and peace;°
and I gave°°
them to him [for] the fear°
wherewith he feared°°
me, and was afraid°°
before°°
my name.° |
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2:6
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity. |
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2:6
The law°
of truth°
was°
in his mouth,°
and iniquity°
was not°
found°°
in his lips:°
he walked°°
with°
me in peace°
and equity,°
and did turn°°
many°
away°°°
from iniquity.°° |
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2:7
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts. |
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2:7
For°
the priest's°
lips°
should keep°°
knowledge,°
and they should seek°°
the law°
at his mouth:°°
for°
he°
[is] the messenger°
of the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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2:8
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. |
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2:8
But ye°
are departed°°
out of°
the way;°
ye have caused many°
to stumble°°°
at the law;°
ye have corrupted°°
the covenant°
of Levi,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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2:9
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. |
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2:9
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.° |
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2:10
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? |
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2:10
Have we not°
all°
one°
father?°
hath not°
one°
God°
created°°
us? why°
do we deal treacherously°°
every man°
against his brother,°
by profaning°°
the covenant°
of our fathers?° |
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2:11 ¶
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god. |
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2:11 ¶
Judah°
hath dealt treacherously,°°
and an abomination°
is committed°°
in Israel°
and in Jerusalem;°
for°
Judah°
hath profaned°°
the holiness°
of the LORD°
which°
he loved,°°
and hath married°°
the daughter°
of a strange°
god.° |
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2:12
Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts. |
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2:12
The LORD°
will cut off°°
the man°
that°
doeth°°
this, the master°°
and the scholar,°°
out of the tabernacles°°
of Jacob,°
and him that offereth°°
an offering°
unto the LORD°
of hosts.° |
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2:13
And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand. |
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2:13
And this°
have ye done°°
again,°
covering°°°
the altar°
of the LORD°
with tears,°
with weeping,°
and with crying out,°
insomuch that he regardeth°°°
not°°
the offering°
any more,°
or receiveth°°
[it] with good will°
at your hand.°° |
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2:14 ¶
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. |
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2:14 ¶
Yet ye say,°°
Wherefore?°°
Because°°
the LORD°
hath been witness°°
between°
thee and the wife°
of thy youth,°
against whom°
thou°
hast dealt treacherously:°°
yet [is] she°
thy companion,°
and the wife°
of thy covenant.° |
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2:15
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. |
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2:15
And did not°
he make°°
one?°
Yet had he the residue°
of the spirit.°
And wherefore°
one?°
That he might seek°°
a godly°
seed.°
Therefore take heed°°
to your spirit,°
and let none°
deal treacherously°°
against the wife°
of his youth.° |
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2:16
For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. |
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2:16
For°
the LORD,°
the God°
of Israel,°
saith°°
that he hateth°°
putting away:°°
for [one] covereth°°
violence°
with°
his garment,°
saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts:°
therefore take heed°°
to your spirit,°
that ye deal not treacherously.°°° |
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2:17 ¶
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice? |
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2:17 ¶
Ye have wearied°°
the LORD°
with your words.°
Yet ye say,°°
Wherein°
have we wearied°°
[him]? When ye say,°°
Every one°
that doeth°°
evil°
[is] good°
in the sight°
of the LORD,°
and he°
delighteth°°
in them; or,°
Where°
[is] the God°
of judgment?° |
