Malachi 2:4

An Oracle Against The Temple Priesthood

³ Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall take you away with it. ⁴ And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. ⁵ My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

My Covenant

Says the Lord

Jehovah

Levi

Numbers 3:12

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;

Numbers 3:45

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

1 Kings 22:25

And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

Isaiah 1:24-28

Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.

Isaiah 26:11

Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

Isaiah 27:9

By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces, the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand.

Jeremiah 28:9

The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, shall be known as the prophet whom Jehovah hath really sent.

Ezekiel 20:38-41

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 33:33

And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Ezekiel 38:23

And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 44:9-16

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

Matthew 3:12

whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

Luke 10:11

Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

John 15:2

As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.