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10 and (A)so as to separate between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,

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26 Her (A)priests have done violence to My law and have (B)profaned My holy things; they have made no (C)separation between the holy and the profane, and they have not made known the difference between the (D)unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

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(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have (B)rejected knowledge,
I also will (C)reject you from ministering as My priest.
Since you have (D)forgotten the (E)law of your God,
I Myself also will forget your children.

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Now hear this, (A)heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who (B)abhor justice
And twist everything that is straight,
10 Who (C)build Zion with bloodshed
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
11 Her heads pronounce (D)judgment for a bribe,
And her (E)priests instruct for a price,
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on Yahweh saying,
(F)Is not Yahweh in our midst?
Evil will not come upon us.”

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Her prophets are (A)reckless, treacherous men;
Her (B)priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

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11 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘(A)Ask now the priests about the law: 12 If a man carries (B)holy meat in the [a]fold of his garment and touches bread with [b]this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” 13 Then Haggai said, “(C)If one who is unclean from a [c]corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 2:12 Lit wing
  2. Haggai 2:12 Lit his wing
  3. Haggai 2:13 Lit soul

[a](A)Instruction of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked (B)with Me in peace and uprightness, and he (C)turned many back from iniquity. For the lips of a priest should keep (D)knowledge, and [b]men should (E)seek [c]instruction from his mouth; for he is the (F)messenger of Yahweh of hosts. But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to (G)stumble [d]by the instruction; you have [e](H)corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:6 Or Law
  2. Malachi 2:7 Lit they
  3. Malachi 2:7 Or law
  4. Malachi 2:8 Or in the law
  5. Malachi 2:8 Or violated