2. And if you do not take to heartgiving honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts,I will send a curse upon youand your blessing I will curse.In fact, I have already cursed it,because you do not take it to heart.
3. I will rebuke your offspring;I will spread dung on your faces,Dung from your feasts,and will carry you to it.
4. You should know that I sent you this commandmentso that my covenant with Levi might endure,says the Lord of hosts.
5. My covenant with him was the life and peace which I gave him,and the fear he had for me,standing in awe of my name.
6. Reliable instruction was in his mouth,no perversity was found upon his lips;He walked with me in integrity and uprightness,and turned many away from evil.