Malachi 2:8 - Exposition

But ye are departed out of the way. The priests of this time had far declined from the high ideal set forth in Malachi 2:6 , Malachi 2:7 , the "way" in which God would have had them to walk. Ye have caused many to stumble at ( in ) the law . By their example and teaching they had made the Law a stumbling block, causing many to err, while they fancied they were not infringing God's commandments. Septuagint , ἠσθενήσατε πολλοὺς ἐν νόμῳ , "Ye made many weak [equivalent to ἠσθενώσατε ] in the Law." Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi (see Malachi 2:5 ). They broke their part of the covenant, therefore Jehovah held himself no longer bound by it. They did not pay him due reverence and obedience; he withdrew the blessings promised to Levi, as threatened ( Malachi 2:2 ).