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“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. This required reverence, and he revered[a] me and stood in awe before[b] my name. The instruction of truth[c] was in his mouth, and wickedness was not found on his lips. In peace and in uprightness[d] he walked with me, and he brought back many from sin.[e] For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek instruction[f] from his mouth, for he is the messenger of Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:5 Or “feared”
  2. Malachi 2:5 Literally “from the face of”
  3. Malachi 2:6 Or “law of truth”
  4. Malachi 2:6 Or “rectitude,” or “fairness”
  5. Malachi 2:6 Or “iniquity”
  6. Malachi 2:7 Or “law”