Malachi 2:3 meaning and explanation

Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

Malachi 2:3, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks here through Malachi to the priests of post-exilic Judah, who have been offering blemished sacrifices and treating their office with contempt. The dung is the refuse of the animals brought for sacrifice, the parts normally carried outside the camp and burned.

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