Malachi
Malachi 2:1–3
1“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants,a and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
Footnotes
- a 2:3 Or I will blight your grain
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Malachi 2:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And now | וְעַתָּ֗ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| this | הַזֹּ֖את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| decree | הַמִּצְוָ֥ה | ham·miṣ·wāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4687 commandment |
| is for you | אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם | ’ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H413 motion to |
| O priests | הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ | hak·kō·hă·nîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H3548 priest |
Malachi 2:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you do not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| listen | תִשְׁמְע֡וּ | ṯiš·mə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| and if | וְאִם־ | wə·’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you do not | לֹא֩ | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| take | תָשִׂ֨ימוּ | ṯā·śî·mū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H7760 put, place, set |
| to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| heart | לֵ֜ב | lêḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| to honor | לָתֵ֧ת | lā·ṯêṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5414 give, put, set |
| My name | לִשְׁמִ֗י | liš·mî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H8034 name |
| says | אָמַר֙ | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָא֔וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
| I will send | וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֤י | wə·šil·laḥ·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H7971 send |
| a curse | הַמְּאֵרָ֔ה | ham·mə·’ê·rāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H3994 a curse |
| among you | בָכֶם֙ | ḇā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| and I will curse | וְאָרוֹתִ֖י | wə·’ā·rō·w·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H779 curse |
| your blessings | בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | bir·ḵō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1293 blessing |
| Yes | וְגַם֙ | wə·ḡam | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| I have already begun to curse them | אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ | ’ā·rō·w·ṯî·hā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H779 curse |
| because | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you are not | אֵינְכֶ֖ם | ’ê·nə·ḵem | Adverb; second person masculine plural | H369 nothing, nought |
| taking | שָׂמִ֥ים | śā·mîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H7760 put, place, set |
| it to | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| heart | לֵֽב׃ | lêḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
Malachi 2:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behold | הִנְנִ֨י | hin·nî | Interjection; first person common singular | H2005 lo! behold |
| I will rebuke | גֹעֵ֤ר | ḡō·‘êr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H1605 rebuke |
| your | לָכֶם֙ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| descendants | הַזֶּ֔רַע | haz·ze·ra‘ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| and I will spread | וְזֵרִ֤יתִי | wə·zê·rî·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H2219 scatter, fan, winnow |
| dung | פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙ | p̄e·reš | Noun - masculine singular | H6569 fecal matter |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| your faces | פְּנֵיכֶ֔ם | pə·nê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| the waste | פֶּ֖רֶשׁ | pe·reš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H6569 fecal matter |
| from your feasts | חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם | ḥag·gê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2282 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast |
| and you will be carried off | וְנָשָׂ֥א | wə·nā·śā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| with it | אֵלָֽיו׃ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Malachi 2:1 Malachi 1:6 · Jeremiah 13:13 · Hosea 5:1
Malachi 2:2 Revelation 14:7 · Luke 17:18 · Psalm 69:22 · Psalm 81:11–12 · Leviticus 26:14–46 · 1 Peter 4:11 · Malachi 3:9 · Ezekiel 3:7 · Luke 23:28–30 · Deuteronomy 28:15–68 · Jeremiah 13:16–17 · Revelation 16:9
Malachi 2:3 Nahum 3:6 · Malachi 2:9 · 1 Kings 14:10 · Exodus 29:14 · Job 20:7 · Joel 1:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.