And now, aO ye priests, this commandment is for you.

2  bIf ye will not hear, and if ye will not clay it to heart,

To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts,

dI will even send dea curse upon you, and I will curse fyour blessings:

Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not clay it to heart.

3  Behold, gI will ||corrupt your seed,

And h†spread dung upon your faces, even ithe dung of your ksolemn feasts;

And ||ilone shall take you away with it.

4  And ye shall know that I have sent mthis commandment unto you,

That nmy covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

5  noMy covenant was with him of life and opeace;

And I gave them to him pfor the fear wherewith he feared me,

And was afraid before my name.

6  qThe law of truth was in his mouth,

And iniquity was not found in his lips:

He walked with me in peace and requity,

And sdid turn many away from iniquity.

7  tFor the priest’s ulips should keep knowledge,

And tthey should seek the law at his mouth:

For he is vthe messenger of the Lord of hosts.

8  But ye are departed out of the way;

Ye whave caused many to ||stumble at the law;

Ye have corrupted nthe covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

9  Therefore xhave I also made you contemptible and base before all the people,

yAccording as ye have not kept my ways,

But ||†zhave been partial in the law.