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MALACHI
- Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!
- And ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts;
- And ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick;
- Thus ye brought an offering:
- Should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.
- But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male,
- And voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing:
- For I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts,
- And my name is dreadful among the heathen.
- And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
- If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart,
- To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts,
- I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings:
- Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
- Behold, I will corrupt your seed,
- And spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;
- And one shall take you away with it.
- And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you,
- That my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
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