"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 e…" — Malachi 2:2

Malachi 2:2 · KJV

“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.”

— Malachi 2:2

Verse 1

And now, O ye priests, this commandment {is} for you.

Verse 3

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. {corrupt: or, reprove} {spread: Heb. scatter} {one...: or, it shall take you away to it}

Malachi 2 — Context

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.

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

Cross References

Luke 17:18

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Revelation 14:7

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Psalms 69:22

Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.

Psalms 81:11-12

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

1 Peter 4:11

If any man speak, {let him speak} as the oracles of God; if any man minister, {let him do it} as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Leviticus 26:14-46

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

Malachi 3:9

Ye {are} cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, {even} this whole nation.

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: