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Malachi 2:3

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3Look! I am going to rebuke your offspring,c and I will scatter offal on your faces, the offal of your religious feasts, and you will be carried to it.d

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  1. cLiterally “for you the offspring”
  2. dThe Hebrew is difficult. The subject is indefinite, and “it” likely refers to a refuse or waste pile

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Look, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread animal waste over your faces, the waste from your festival sacrifices, and you will be taken away with it.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.