And now, O ye priests,³⁵⁴⁸ this commandment⁴⁶⁸⁷ is for you.

If ye will not hear,⁸⁰⁸⁵ and if ye will not lay⁷⁷⁶⁰ it to heart,³⁸²⁰ to give⁵⁴¹⁴ glory³⁵¹⁹ unto my name,⁸⁰³⁴ saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts,⁶⁶³⁵ I will even send⁷⁹⁷¹ a curse³⁹⁹⁴ upon you, and I will curse⁷⁷⁹ your blessings:¹²⁹³ yea, I have cursed⁷⁷⁹ them already, because ye do not lay⁷⁷⁶⁰ it to heart.³⁸²⁰

Behold, I will corrupt¹⁶⁰⁵ your seed,²²³³ and spread²²¹⁹ dung⁶⁵⁶⁹ upon your faces,⁶⁴⁴⁰ even the dung⁶⁵⁶⁹ of your solemn feasts;²²⁸² and one shall take⁵³⁷⁵ you away with it.

And ye shall know³⁰⁴⁵ that I have sent⁷⁹⁷¹ this commandment⁴⁶⁸⁷ unto you, that my covenant¹²⁸⁵ might be with Levi,³⁸⁷⁸ saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts.⁶⁶³⁵

My covenant¹²⁸⁵ was with him of life²⁴¹⁶ and peace;⁷⁹⁶⁵ and I gave⁵⁴¹⁴ them to him for the fear⁴¹⁷² wherewith he feared³³⁷² me, and was afraid²⁸⁶⁵ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ my name.⁸⁰³⁴

The law⁸⁴⁵¹ of truth⁵⁷¹ was in his mouth,⁶³¹⁰ and iniquity⁵⁷⁶⁶ was not found⁴⁶⁷² in his lips:⁸¹⁹³ he walked¹⁹⁸⁰ with me in peace⁷⁹⁶⁵ and equity,⁴³³⁴ and did turn many⁷²²⁷ away⁷⁷²⁵ from iniquity.⁵⁷⁷¹

For the priest's³⁵⁴⁸ lips⁸¹⁹³ should keep⁸¹⁰⁴ knowledge,¹⁸⁴⁷ and they should seek¹²⁴⁵ the law⁸⁴⁵¹ at his mouth:⁶³¹⁰ for he is the messenger⁴³⁹⁷ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts.⁶⁶³⁵

But ye are departed⁵⁴⁹³ out of the way;¹⁸⁷⁰ ye have caused many⁷²²⁷ to stumble³⁷⁸² at the law;⁸⁴⁵¹ ye have corrupted⁷⁸⁴³ the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of Levi,³⁸⁷⁸ saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts.⁶⁶³⁵

Ezekiel 44:15-16

Therefore have I also made⁵⁴¹⁴ you contemptible⁹⁵⁹ and base⁸²¹⁷ before all the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ according⁶³¹⁰ as ye have not kept⁸¹⁰⁴ my ways,¹⁸⁷⁰ but have been⁵³⁷⁵ partial⁶⁴⁴⁰ in the law.⁸⁴⁵¹

Have we not all one²⁵⁹ father?¹ hath not one²⁵⁹ El⁴¹⁰ created¹²⁵⁴ us? why do we deal treacherously⁸⁹⁸ every man³⁷⁶ against his brother,²⁵¹ by profaning²⁴⁹⁰ the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of our fathers?¹

Judah³⁰⁶³ hath dealt treacherously,⁸⁹⁸ and an abomination⁸⁴⁴¹ is committed⁶²¹³ in Israel³⁴⁷⁸ and in Jerusalem;³³⁸⁹ for Judah³⁰⁶³ hath profaned²⁴⁹⁰ the holiness⁶⁹⁴⁴ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ which he loved,¹⁵⁷ and hath married¹¹⁶⁶ the daughter¹³²³ of a strange⁵²³⁶ El.⁴¹⁰

Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ will cut off³⁷⁷² the man³⁷⁶ that doeth⁶²¹³ this, the master⁵⁷⁸² and the scholar,⁶⁰³⁰ out of the tabernacles¹⁶⁸ of Jacob,³²⁹⁰ and him that offereth⁵⁰⁶⁶ an offering⁴⁵⁰³ unto Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts.⁶⁶³⁵

And this have ye done⁶²¹³ again,⁸¹⁴⁵ covering³⁶⁸⁰ the altar⁴¹⁹⁶ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ with tears,¹⁸³² with weeping,¹⁰⁶⁵ and with crying out,⁶⁰³ insomuch that he regardeth⁶⁴³⁷ not the offering⁴⁵⁰³ any more, or receiveth³⁹⁴⁷ it with good will⁷⁵²² at your hand.³⁰²⁷

Yet ye say,⁵⁵⁹ Wherefore?⁴¹⁰⁰ Because Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ hath been witness⁵⁷⁴⁹ between thee and the wife⁸⁰² of thy youth,⁵²⁷¹ against whom thou hast dealt treacherously:⁸⁹⁸ yet is she thy companion,²²⁷⁸ and the wife⁸⁰² of thy covenant.¹²⁸⁵

And did not he make⁶²¹³ one?²⁵⁹ Yet had he the residue⁷⁶⁰⁵ of the spirit.⁷³⁰⁷ And wherefore one?²⁵⁹ That he might seek¹²⁴⁵ a righteous⁴³⁰ seed.²²³³ Therefore take heed⁸¹⁰⁴ to your spirit,⁷³⁰⁷ and let none deal treacherously⁸⁹⁸ against the wife⁸⁰² of his youth.⁵²⁷¹

For Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ the Elohim⁴³⁰ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ saith⁵⁵⁹ that he hateth⁸¹³⁰ putting away:⁷⁹⁷¹ for one covereth³⁶⁸⁰ violence²⁵⁵⁵ with his garment,³⁸³⁰ saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts:⁶⁶³⁵ therefore take heed⁸¹⁰⁴ to your spirit,⁷³⁰⁷ that ye deal not treacherously.⁸⁹⁸

Ye have wearied³⁰²¹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ with your words.¹⁶⁹⁷ Yet ye say,⁵⁵⁹ Wherein have we wearied³⁰²¹ him? When ye say,⁵⁵⁹ Every one that doeth⁶²¹³ evil⁷⁴⁵¹ is good²⁸⁹⁶ in the sight⁵⁸⁶⁹ of Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ and he delighteth²⁶⁵⁴ in them; or, Where is the Elohim⁴³⁰ of judgment?⁴⁹⁴¹