Messages won't launch. Some library errors.

Out of the blue, Messages just stopped launching a few hours ago, not even after a restart or wakeup. At first, I was getting an abort trap for reason "6" (not sure what that is), so I deleted the app and replaced it with the one on my clone backup. Now, I get different errors. Everything else works fine except that when I tried rebooting to solve the problem, it refused to shut down, and I had to force it. Repairing my permissions did not help.
2014-01-17 22:38:32.159 Messages[1326:707] -[__NSCFDictionary _appearsToBePhoneNumber]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fc0b242c0f0
2014-01-17 22:38:32.160 Messages[1326:707] -[__NSCFDictionary _appearsToBePhoneNumber]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fc0b242c0f0
2014-01-17 22:38:32.162 Messages[1326:707] (
          0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c01cb06 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
          1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff84f973f0 objc_exception_throw + 43
          2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c0b340a -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 186
          3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c00b02e ___forwarding___ + 414
          4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c00ae18 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 232
          5   IMCore                              0x000000010e2936e0 _NSStringFromIMMessageError + 12516
          6   IMCore                              0x000000010e29b73d _NSStringFromIMMessageError + 45377
          7   IMCore                              0x000000010e2660e9 IMPersonStatusComparator + 75357
          8   Foundation                          0x00007fff859fbd05 __NSFireDelayedPerform + 358
          9   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfd9804 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_TIMER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 20
          10 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfd931d __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 557
          11 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfbead9 __CFRunLoopRun + 1529
          12 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfbe0e2 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 290
          13 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff8405ceb4 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 209
          14 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff8405cb94 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 166
          15 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff8405cae3 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 62
          16 AppKit                              0x00007fff85f4c533 _DPSNextEvent + 685
          17 AppKit                              0x00007fff85f4bdf2 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
          18 AppKit                              0x00007fff85f431a3 -[NSApplication run] + 517
          19 AppKit                              0x00007fff85ee7bd6 NSApplicationMain + 869
          20 libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff8bae87e1 start + 0
          21 ???                                 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
Messed up libraries? It looks like NSCFDictionary is missing its methods! I'm trying to use Pacifist to reinstall these things. It's probably not good that I'm forcibly installing 10.8.0 files on my 10.8.5 installation... Already tried AppKit, CoreFoundation, and IMCore, no luck. I can't find out which library NSCFDictionary is part of, and it's strangely missing from Apple's Cocoa reference guide. What's the best way to fix this? I'd really prefer not to have to reinstall Mountain Lion – it's tougher for me than for most people due to my setup.

Hi,
Messages needs to be matched in it's Version Number to the OS Version it should go with.
At the OS X 10.8.2 update the Messages app was changed to version 7.0.1
It will not work with version 7.0 parts from the Earlier OS.
You need to use the Restart with the CMD +R keys pressed and select Reinstalling the OS which will give you the current versions of everything.
7:49 pm Sunday; January 19, 2014
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 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
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