1 And now, O ye priests 3548, this commandment 4687 is for you.
2 If ye will not hear 8085, and if ye will not lay 7760 it to heart 3820, to give 5414 glory 3519 unto my name 8034, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, I will even send 7971 a curse 3994 upon you, and I will curse 779 your blessings 1293: yea, I have cursed 779 them already, because ye do not lay 7760 it to heart 3820.
3 Behold, I will corrupt 1605 your seed 2233, and spread 2219 dung 6569 upon your faces 6440, even the dung 6569 of your solemn feasts 2282; and one shall take you away 5375 with it.
4 And ye shall know 3045 that I have sent 7971 this commandment 4687 unto you, that my covenant 1285 might be with Levi 3878, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
5 My covenant 1285 was with him of life 2416 and peace 7965; and I gave 5414 them to him for the fear 4172 wherewith he feared 3372 me, and was afraid 2865 before 6440 my name 8034.
6 The law 8451 of truth 571 was in his mouth 6310, and iniquity 5766 was not found 4672 in his lips 8193: he walked 1980 with me in peace 7965 and equity 4334, and did turn 7725 0 many 7227 away 7725 from iniquity 5771.
7 For the priest's 3548 lips 8193 should keep 8104 knowledge 1847, and they should seek 1245 the law 8451 at his mouth 6310: for he is the messenger 4397 of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
8 But ye are departed 5493 out of the way 1870; ye have caused many 7227 to stumble 3782 at the law 8451; ye have corrupted 7843 the covenant 1285 of Levi 3878, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
9 Therefore have I also made 5414 you contemptible 959 and base 8217 before all the people 5971, according 6310 as ye have not kept 8104 my ways 1870, but have been partial 5375 6440 in the law 8451.
10 Have we not all one 259 father 1? hath not one 259 God 410 created 1254 us? why do we deal treacherously 898 every man 376 against his brother 251, by profaning 2490 the covenant 1285 of our fathers 1?
11 Judah 3063 hath dealt treacherously 898, and an abomination 8441 is committed 6213 in Israel 3478 and in Jerusalem 3389; for Judah 3063 hath profaned 2490 the holiness 6944 of the LORD 3068 which he loved 157, and hath married 1166 the daughter 1323 of a strange 5236 god 410.
12 The LORD 3068 will cut off 3772 the man 376 that doeth 6213 this, the master 5782 and the scholar 6030, out of the tabernacles 168 of Jacob 3290, and him that offereth 5066 an offering 4503 unto the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635.
13 And this have ye done 6213 again 8145, covering 3680 the altar 4196 of the LORD 3068 with tears 1832, with weeping 1065, and with crying out 603, insomuch that he regardeth 6437 not the offering 4503 any more, or receiveth 3947 it with good will 7522 at your hand 3027.
14 Yet ye say 559, Wherefore 4100? Because the LORD 3068 hath been witness 5749 between thee and the wife 802 of thy youth 5271, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously 898: yet is she thy companion 2278, and the wife 802 of thy covenant 1285.
15 And did not he make 6213 one 259? Yet had he the residue 7605 of the spirit 7307. And wherefore one 259? That he might seek 1245 a godly 430 seed 2233. Therefore take heed 8104 to your spirit 7307, and let none deal treacherously 898 against the wife 802 of his youth 5271.
16 For the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, saith 559 that he hateth 8130 putting away 7971: for one covereth 3680 violence 2555 with his garment 3830, saith 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635: therefore take heed 8104 to your spirit 7307, that ye deal not treacherously 898.
17 Ye have wearied 3021 the LORD 3068 with your words 1697. Yet ye say 559, Wherein have we wearied 3021 him? When ye say 559, Every one that doeth 6213 evil 7451 is good 2896 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, and he delighteth 2654 in them; or, Where is the God 430 of judgment 4941?