14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot
Or your [a]brides when they commit adultery,
For the men themselves go apart with harlots
And offer sacrifices with (A)temple prostitutes;
So the people without understanding are [b]ruined.

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  1. Hosea 4:14 Or daughters-in-law
  2. Hosea 4:14 Lit thrust down

For the lips of a priest should preserve (A)knowledge, and [a]men should (B)seek [b]instruction from his mouth; for he is the (C)messenger of the Lord of hosts. But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to (D)stumble [c]by the instruction; you have [d](E)corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:7 Lit they
  2. Malachi 2:7 Or law
  3. Malachi 2:8 Or in the law
  4. Malachi 2:8 Or violated