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Malachi 2

Mal. 2:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore have I also made
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
you contemptible
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
and base
shaphal (Hebrew #8217)
depressed, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-fawl'
Origin: from 8213
before all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, according
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
as ye have not kept
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
my ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, but have γbeen partial
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
in the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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accepted faces, or, lifted up the face against.

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Mal. 2:3• 3Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall take you away with it. (Mal. 2:3)
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1 Sam. 2:30• 30Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. 2:30)
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Prov. 10:7• 7The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot. (Prov. 10:7)
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Dan. 12:2‑3• 2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
 3And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever. (Dan. 12:2‑3)
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Mic. 3:6‑7• 6therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
 7And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God. (Mic. 3:6‑7)
before.
1 Kings 22:28• 28And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you! (1 Kings 22:28)
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Jer. 28:15‑16• 15And the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; and thou makest this people to trust in falsehood.
 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, for thou hast spoken revolt against Jehovah. (Jer. 28:15‑16)
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Jer. 29:20‑22,31‑32• 20But ye, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of Jehovah.
 21Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsehood unto you in my name: Behold, I will give them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall smite them before your eyes.
 22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
 31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;
 32therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah. (Jer. 29:20‑22,31‑32)
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Ezek. 13:12‑16,21• 12And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed it?
 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will cause to burst forth a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing rain in mine anger, and hail-stones in fury for utter destruction.
 14And I will break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be destroyed in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
 15And I will accomplish my fury upon the wall, and upon them that daub it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it,
 16the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see a vision of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 21And I will tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 13:12‑16,21)
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Mark 7:13‑14• 13making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
 14And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand: (Mark 7:13‑14)
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Luke 20:45‑47• 45And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,
 46Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;
 47who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment. (Luke 20:45‑47)
but.
Mal. 2:8• 8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 2:8)
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Matt. 5:21‑22,27‑28,33‑37,43‑44• 21Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.
 22But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
 27Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
 28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
 33Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.
 34But *I* say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God;
 35nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
 36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
 37But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.
 43Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.
 44But *I* say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you, (Matt. 5:21‑22,27‑28,33‑37,43‑44)
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Matt. 19:17‑18• 17And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
 18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, (Matt. 19:17‑18)
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Matt. 23:16‑24• 16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
 17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
 19Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
 20He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
 21And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
 22And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
 23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
 24Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel. (Matt. 23:16‑24)
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Mark 7:8‑13• 8For, leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men to keep--washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
 9And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves to keep.
 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
 11But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, It is corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by …
 12And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
 13making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do. (Mark 7:8‑13)
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Luke 10:29• 29But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? (Luke 10:29)
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Luke 11:42• 42But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside. (Luke 11:42)
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Rom. 7:7‑10• 7What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
 8but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.
 9But *I* was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but *I* died.
 10And the commandment, which was for life, was found, as to me, itself to be unto death: (Rom. 7:7‑10)
have been partial in.
or, lifted up the face against.
Heb.accepted faces.
Deut. 1:17• 17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it. (Deut. 1:17)
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Deut. 1•  (Deut. 1)
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Gal. 2:6• 6But from those who were conspicuous as being somewhat--whatsoever they were, it makes no difference to me: God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were conspicuous communicated nothing; (Gal. 2:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in administering the law.