Malachi 2:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Malachi 2:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Malachi 2:3 is a verse from the book of Malachi in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall ta..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Malachi 2:3 — KJV
“Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. corrupt: or, reprove spread: Heb. scatter one...: or, it shall take you away to it”
— Malachi 2:3 (KJV)
Malachi 2:3 in Context — About the Book of Malachi
Malachi closes the Old Testament with a courtroom dialogue — God answering a weary nation's accusations about love, honor, tithes, and justice. It contains Scripture's only invitation to test God: bring the whole tithe and watch heaven's floodgates open. Then four hundred years of silence until John the Baptist.
Cross-References for Malachi 2:3
“Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.”
Shares key themes with Malachi 2:3: behold, dung, one
“And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. in the city: Heb. in it”
Shares key themes with Malachi 2:3: behold, even, one
“Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices”
Shares key themes with Malachi 2:3: behold, even, solemn
“Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. laden: Heb. of heaviness gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated”
Shares key themes with Malachi 2:3: corrupt, seed, one
“And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. let...: Heb. let thy name be called upon us to take...: or, take thou away”
Shares key themes with Malachi 2:3: even, one, take
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