Malachi 2:9-11
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9 ‘So I have caused all the people to insult you. They no longer respect you, because you do not obey my rules. When you teach my people, you are kind to some of them but you cheat others.’[a]
Judah's people do not obey God
10 You know that we all have one Father. It is God himself who made all of us. But now we turn against each other. We do not respect the covenant that God made with our ancestors.[b]
11 Judah's people have turned against God.[c] As a result, people have done disgusting things in Jerusalem and in all Israel.[d] You have spoiled the holy place, the temple that the Lord loves.[e] You have turned away from the Lord and you worship foreign gods.
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- 2:9 The priests may have been more kind to rich people than they were to poor people.
- 2:10 Malachi was talking to the Israelites. Their ancestors were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God changed Jacob's name to become ‘Israel’.
- 2:11 Judah was one of the sons of Jacob. He was the ancestor of the Israelite tribe called Judah.
- 2:11 Jerusalem was the capital city of Judah.
- 2:11 God's temple was in Jerusalem.
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