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  2:1 ¶
And now, O priests, this commandment is to 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 hearken, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yea, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because ye lay not this 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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
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 turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time. |
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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 to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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2:5
My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave [it] him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awe-struck at 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 iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before me directing [his way] in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness. |
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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 the Lord Almighty. |
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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 Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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2:8
But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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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°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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2:9
And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial 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 ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers? |
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2:10
Have we not°
all°
one°
father?°
hath not°
one°
El°
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{gr.Juda} has been forsaken, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah{gr.Juda} has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he delighted in, and has gone after other gods. |
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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 Yahweh°
which°
he loved,°°
and hath married°°
the daughter°
of a strange°
el.° |
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2:12
The Lord will utterly destroy the man that does these things, until he be even cast down from out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and from among them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty. |
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2:12
Yahweh°
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 Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
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2:13
And these things which I hated, ye did: ye covered with tears the altar of the Lord, and with weeping and groaning because of troubles: [is it] meet [for me] to have respect to your sacrifice, or to receive [anything] from your hands [as] welcome? |
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2:13
And this°
have ye done°°
again,°
covering°°°
the altar°
of Yahweh°
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 said, Wherefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, whom thou has forsaken, and [yet] she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant. |
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2:14 ¶
Yet ye say,°°
Wherefore?°°
Because°°
Yahweh°
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 do well? and [there was] the residue of his spirit. But ye said, What does God seek but a seed? But take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of thy 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
But if thou shouldest hate [thy wife] and put her away, saith the Lord God of Israel, then ungodliness shall cover thy thoughts, saith the Lord Almighty: therefore take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake [them] not, |
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2:16
For°
Yahweh,°
the Elohim°
of Israel,°
saith°°
that he hateth°°
putting away:°°
for [one] covereth°°
violence°
with°
his garment,°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth:°
therefore take heed°°
to your spirit,°
that ye deal not treacherously.°°° |
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2:17 ¶
ye that have provoked God with your words. But ye said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that ye say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing [object] in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice? |
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2:17 ¶
Ye have wearied°°
Yahweh°
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 Yahweh,°
and he°
delighteth°°
in them; or,°
Where°
[is] the Elohim°
of judgment?° |
