Malachi 2:8

An Oracle Against The Temple Priesthood

⁷ For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he is. ⁸ And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts. ⁹ And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

Says the Lord

Violated The Covenant

Jehovah

Levi

No

Jeremiah 18:15

But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,

1 Samuel 2:17

And the sin of the young men is very great in the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 13:29

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Ezekiel 44:10

but -- the Levites who have gone far off from me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.

Malachi 2:5

My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.

Leviticus 21:15

and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I am Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

1 Samuel 2:24

Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. --

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.

Psalm 18:21

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

Psalm 119:102

From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.

Isaiah 9:16

And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed.

Isaiah 30:11

Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'

Isaiah 59:13

Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed is the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.

Jeremiah 17:13

The hope of Israel is Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And 'My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.

Jeremiah 23:11-15

For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Daniel 9:5-6

we have sinned, and done perversely, and done wickedly, and rebelled, to turn aside from Thy commands, and from Thy judgments:

Malachi 2:9-10

And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.

Matthew 15:2-5

'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

Luke 11:45-46

And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, 'Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'

Romans 2:19-24

and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

Romans 14:21

Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

Hebrews 3:12

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,