Malachi 2:9 meaning and explanation
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
Malachi 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking through Malachi to the priests of Judah, who have returned from exile but whose worship and teaching have grown corrupt. In verse 9 the LORD names the consequence of their failure: the honor they should have received as priests is turned into public contempt.
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