Malachi 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.

But ye are departed {H5493} out of the way {H1870}; ye have caused many {H7227} to stumble {H3782} at the law {H8451}; ye have corrupted {H7843} the covenant {H1285} of Levi {H3878}, saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} of hosts {H6635}.

But you turned away from the path, you caused many to fail in the Torah, you corrupted the covenant of Levi," says ADONAI-Tzva'ot.

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.

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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Nehemiah 13:29 (6 votes)

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

  • Jeremiah 18:15 (4 votes)

    Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;

  • Isaiah 30:11 (3 votes)

    Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  • Ezekiel 44:10 (3 votes)

    ¶ And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

  • 1 Samuel 2:17 (3 votes)

    Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 17:5 (3 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

  • Malachi 2:5 (3 votes)

    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.