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.
7. For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge,and instruction is to be sought from his mouth,because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8. But you have turned aside from the way,and have caused many to stumble by your instruction;You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,says the Lord of hosts.
9. I, therefore, have made you contemptibleand base before all the people,For you do not keep my ways,but show partiality in your instruction.
10. Have we not all one father?Has not one God created us?Why, then, do we break faith with each other,profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
11. Judah has broken faith; an abominable thinghas been done in Israel and in Jerusalem.Judah has profaned the Lord’s holy place, which he loves,and has married a daughter of a foreign god.
12. May the Lord cut off from the man who does thisboth witness and advocate from the tents of Jacob,and anyone to bring an offering to the Lord of hosts!