And now, O ye priests,{H3548} this commandment{H4687} is for you.

If ye will not hear,{H8085} and if ye will not lay{H7760} it to heart,{H3820} to give{H5414} glory{H3519} unto my name,{H8034} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} then will I send{H7971} the curse{H3994} upon you, and I will curse{H779} your blessings;{H1293} yea, I have cursed{H779} them already, because ye do not lay{H7760} it to heart.{H3820}

Behold, I will rebuke{H1605} your seed,{H2233} and will spread{H2219} dung{H6569} upon your faces,{H6440} even the dung{H6569} of your feasts;{H2282} and ye shall be taken away{H5375} with it.

And ye shall know{H3045} that I have sent{H7971} this commandment{H4687} unto you, that my covenant{H1285} may be with Levi,{H3878} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

My covenant{H1285} was with him of life{H2416} and peace;{H7965} and I gave{H5414} them to him that he might fear;{H4172} and he feared{H3372} me, and stood{H6440} in awe{H2865} of my name.{H8034}

The law{H8451} of truth{H571} was in his mouth,{H6310} and unrighteousness{H5766} was not found{H4672} in his lips:{H8193} he walked{H1980} with me in peace{H7965} and uprightness,{H4334} and turned{H7725} many{H7227} away{H7725} from iniquity.{H5771}

For the priest's{H3548} lips{H8193} should keep{H8104} knowledge,{H1847} and they should seek{H1245} the law{H8451} at his mouth;{H6310} for he is the messenger{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

But ye are turned{H5493} aside out of the way;{H1870} ye have caused many{H7227} to stumble{H3782} in the law;{H8451} ye have corrupted{H7843} the covenant{H1285} of Levi,{H3878} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

Therefore have I also made{H5414} you contemptible{H959} and base{H8217} before all the people,{H5971} according{H6310} as ye have not kept{H8104} my ways,{H1870} but have had respect{H5375} of persons in the law.{H8451}

Have we not all one{H259} father?{H1} hath not one{H259} God{H410} created{H1254} us? why do we deal treacherously{H898} every man{H376} against his brother,{H251} profaning{H2490} the covenant{H1285} of our fathers?{H1}

Judah{H3063} hath dealt treacherously,{H898} and an abomination{H8441} is committed{H6213} in Israel{H3478} and in Jerusalem;{H3389} for Judah{H3063} hath profaned{H2490} the holiness{H6944} of Jehovah{H3068} which he loveth,{H157} and hath married{H1166} the daughter{H1323} of a foreign{H5236} god.{H410}

Jehovah{H3068} will cut off,{H3772} to the man{H376} that doeth{H6213} this, him that waketh{H5782} and him that answereth,{H6030} out of the tents{H168} of Jacob,{H3290} and him that offereth{H5066} an offering{H4503} unto Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

And this again{H8145} ye do:{H6213} ye cover{H3680} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} with tears,{H1832} with weeping,{H1065} and with sighing,{H603} insomuch that he regardeth{H6437} not the offering{H4503} any more, neither receiveth{H3947} it with good will{H7522} at your hand.{H3027}

Yet ye say,{H559} Wherefore?{H4100} Because Jehovah{H3068} hath been witness{H5749} between thee and the wife{H802} of thy youth,{H5271} against whom thou hast dealt treacherously,{H898} though she is thy companion,{H2278} and the wife{H802} of thy covenant.{H1285}

And did he not make{H6213} one,{H259} although he had the residue{H7605} of the Spirit?{H7307} And wherefore one?{H259} He sought{H1245} a godly{H430} seed.{H2233} Therefore take heed{H8104} to your spirit,{H7307} and let none deal treacherously{H898} against the wife{H802} of his youth.{H5271}

For I hate{H8130} putting away,{H7971} saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} and him that covereth{H3680} his garment{H3830} with violence,{H2555} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} therefore take heed{H8104} to your spirit,{H7307} that ye deal not treacherously.{H898}

Ye have wearied{H3021} Jehovah{H3068} with your words.{H1697} Yet ye say,{H559} Wherein have we wearied{H3021} him? In that ye say,{H559} Every one that doeth{H6213} evil{H7451} is good{H2896} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and he delighteth{H2654} in them; or where is the God{H430} of justice?{H4941}