Malachi 2:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ But you priests have ·stopped obeying me [^Lturned from the way/path]. With your teachings you have caused many people to ·do wrong [stumble]. You have ·broken [corrupted] the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with ·the tribe of Levi [^LLevi]!” says the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. ⁹ “You have not been careful to ·do what I say [follow my ways/paths], but instead you ·take sides [show favoritism/partiality] in ·court [legal] cases. So I have caused you to be ·hated [despised] and ·disgraced [humiliated] in front of everybody.”

Judah Was Not Loyal to God

¹⁰ ·We all have the same [^LDo we not have one….?] father; the ·same [one] God created us. So why do people ·break their promises to [betray] each other and ·show no respect for [profane; defile] the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] our ·ancestors [fathers] made with God [Ex. 19–24]?