Malachi 2:3
Malachi · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“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.”Malachi 2:3
What Does Malachi 2:3 Mean?
Malachi 2:3 is found in the book of Malachi, chapter 2, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Malachi 2:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Nahum 3:6“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”Malachi 2:9“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.”Psalms 7:16“His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.”Exodus 29:14“But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.”1 Kings 14:10“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.”Job 20:7“Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?”Joel 1:17“The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.”Leviticus 21:9“And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.”Deuteronomy 28:18“Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.”1 Samuel 2:29“Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?”2 Kings 9:36“Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:”Psalms 83:10“Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.”Jeremiah 8:2“And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.”Luke 14:35“It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”1 Corinthians 4:13“Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.”2 Kings 5:27“The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.”Philippians 3:8“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,”1 Peter 1:23“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
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