1. “And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.
2. If you will not hear,And if you will not take it to heart,To give glory to My name,”Says the Lord of hosts,“I will send a curse upon you,And I will curse your blessings.Yes, I have cursed them already,Because you do not take it to heart.
3. “Behold, I will rebuke your descendantsAnd spread refuse on your faces,The refuse of your solemn feasts;And one will take you away with it.
4. Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,That My covenant with Levi may continue,”Says the Lord of hosts.
5. “My covenant was with him, one of life and peace,And I gave them to him that he might fear Me;So he feared MeAnd was reverent before My name.
6. The law of truth was in his mouth,And injustice was not found on his lips.He walked with Me in peace and equity,And turned many away from iniquity.
7. “For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,And people should seek the law from his mouth;For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.