Malachi 2:8 “But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused ma…”

Malachi 2:8

But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Armies.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But yee are gone out of the way: yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe: yee haue broken the couenant of Leui, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah of hosts.

Young's Literal Translation

And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Bible in Basic English

But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.

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Cross references

“ye are”

Jeremiah 17:5 Isaiah 30:11 Ezekiel 44:10 Psalm 18:21 Psalm 119:102 Isaiah 59:13

Jeremiah 17:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Isaiah 30:11 · BSB

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

Ezekiel 44:10 · BSB

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

Psalm 18:21 · BSB

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalm 119:102 · BSB

I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

Isaiah 59:13 · BSB

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

“ye have caused”

Jeremiah 18:15 1 Samuel 2:17 1 Samuel 2:24 1 Samuel 2:30 Isaiah 9:16 Jeremiah 23:11–15

Jeremiah 18:15 · BSB

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

1 Samuel 2:17 · BSB

Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 2:24 · BSB

No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

1 Samuel 2:30 · BSB

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who hono…

Isaiah 9:16 · BSB

For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Jeremiah 23:11–15 · BSB

“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

“ye have corrupted”

Nehemiah 13:29 Malachi 2:5 Leviticus 21:15 Malachi 2:10

Nehemiah 13:29 · BSB

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

Malachi 2:5 · BSB

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

Leviticus 21:15 · BSB

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

Malachi 2:10 · BSB

Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

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