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1 # And now, O ye priests <03548>, this commandment <04687> is for you.
2 If ye will not hear <08085> (8799), and if ye will not lay <07760> (8799) it to heart <03820>, to give <05414> (8800) glory <03519> unto my name <08034>, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> , I will even send <07971> (8765) a curse <03994> upon you, and I will curse <0779> (8804) your blessings <01293>: yea, I have cursed <0779> (8804) them already, because ye do not lay <07760> (8802) it to heart <03820>.
3 Behold, I will corrupt <01605> (8802) your seed <02233>, and spread <02219> (8765) dung <06569> upon your faces <06440>, even the dung <06569> of your solemn feasts <02282>; and one shall take you away <05375> (8804) with it.
4 And ye shall know <03045> (8804) that I have sent <07971> (8765) this commandment <04687> unto you, that my covenant <01285> might be with Levi <03878>, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
5 My covenant <01285> was with him of life <02416> and peace <07965>; and I gave <05414> (8799) them to him for the fear <04172> wherewith he feared <03372> (8799) me, and was afraid <02865> (8738) before <06440> my name <08034> .
6 The law <08451> of truth <0571> was in his mouth <06310>, and iniquity <05766> was not found <04672> (8738) in his lips <08193>: he walked <01980> (8804) with me in peace <07965> and equity <04334>, and did turn <07725> <00> many <07227> away <07725> (8689) from iniquity <05771>.
7 For the priest's <03548> lips <08193> should keep <08104> (8799) knowledge <01847>, and they should seek <01245> (8762) the law <08451> at his mouth <06310>: for he is the messenger <04397> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> .
8 But ye are departed <05493> (8804) out of the way <01870>; ye have caused many <07227> to stumble <03782> (8689) at the law <08451>; ye have corrupted <07843> (8765) the covenant <01285> of Levi <03878>, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
9 Therefore have I also made <05414> (8804) you contemptible <0959> (8737) and base <08217> before all the people <05971>, according <06310> as ye have not kept <08104> (8802) my ways <01870>, but have been partial <05375> (8802) <06440> in the law <08451>.
10 # Have we not all one <0259> father <01>? hath not one <0259> God <0410> created <01254> (8804) us? why do we deal treacherously <0898> (8799) every man <0376> against his brother <0251>, by profaning <02490> (8763) the covenant <01285> of our fathers <01>?
11 Judah <03063> hath dealt treacherously <0898> (8804), and an abomination <08441> is committed <06213> (8738) in Israel <03478> and in Jerusalem <03389>; for Judah <03063> hath profaned <02490> (8765) the holiness <06944> of the LORD <03068> which he loved <0157> (8804), and hath married <01166> (8804) the daughter <01323> of a strange <05236> god <0410>.
12 The LORD <03068> will cut off <03772> (8686) the man <0376> that doeth <06213> (8799) this, the master <05782> (8802) and the scholar <06030> (8802), out of the tabernacles <0168> of Jacob <03290>, and him that offereth <05066> (8688) an offering <04503> unto the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
13 And this have ye done <06213> (8799) again <08145>, covering <03680> (8763) the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> with tears <01832>, with weeping <01065>, and with crying out <0603>, insomuch that he regardeth <06437> (8800) not the offering <04503> any more, or receiveth <03947> (8800) it with good will <07522> at your hand <03027>.
14 Yet ye say <0559> (8804), Wherefore <04100>? Because the LORD <03068> hath been witness <05749> (8689) between thee and the wife <0802> of thy youth <05271>, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously <0898> (8804): yet is she thy companion <02278>, and the wife <0802> of thy covenant <01285>.
15 And did not he make <06213> (8804) one <0259>? Yet had he the residue <07605> of the spirit <07307>. And wherefore one <0259>? That he might seek <01245> (8764) a godly <0430> seed <02233>. Therefore take heed <08104> (8738) to your spirit <07307>, and let none deal treacherously <0898> (8799) against the wife <0802> of his youth <05271>.
16 For the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, saith <0559> (8804) that he hateth <08130> (8804) putting away <07971> (8763): for one covereth <03680> (8765) violence <02555> with his garment <03830> , saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>: therefore take heed <08104> (8738) to your spirit <07307> , that ye deal not treacherously <0898> (8799).
17 Ye have wearied <03021> (8689) the LORD <03068> with your words <01697>. Yet ye say <0559> (8804) , Wherein have we wearied <03021> (8689) him? When ye say <0559> (8800), Every one that doeth <06213> (8802) evil <07451> is good <02896> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and he delighteth <02654> (8804) in them; or, Where is the God <0430> of judgment <04941>?