55 lines
3.1 KiB
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55 lines
3.1 KiB
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## I Will Curse Your Blessings
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"And now this commandment is for you, O priests.
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If you do not listen, and if you do not set it upon _your_ heart to give honor to My name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them _already_ because you are not setting _it_ upon _your_ heart.
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###### 3
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Behold, I am going to rebuke your seed, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
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Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant may continue with Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
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"My covenant with him was _one of_ life and peace, and I gave them to him _as something to be_ feared; so he feared Me and stood in awe of My name.
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Instruction of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity.
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For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.
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###### 8
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But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
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"So I also have made you despised and low before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.
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## Judah Profaned Yahweh's Sanctuary
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"Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
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Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
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_As_ for the man who does this, may Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob _everyone_ who awakes and answers or who presents an offering to Yahweh of hosts.
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"And this is a second thing you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with groaning because He no longer regards the offering or receives _it as_ acceptable from your hand.
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But you say, 'For what reason?' Because Yahweh has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
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But not one has done _so_, even _one_ who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did _that_ one _do_ while he was seeking a godly seed? Be careful then to keep your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.
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For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says Yahweh of hosts. "Be careful then to keep your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously."
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You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied _Him_?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of justice?"
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